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Indian corn : and the slops were the same 

 that are put into the swill- tub in England, 

 and given to hogs; composed of broth, dish- 

 washings, cabbage-leaves, potatoe- parings, 

 &c. The cows even eat the dung of a 

 horse, as naturally as an English cow does 

 hay ; and are all in the streets, robbing 

 every man's cart of these blades as they 

 come to be sold, or picking up any thing 

 else they can find. It appeared to me that 

 a man's having land in or about that town, 

 was of no advantage to him in keeping 

 cows, as it growed no grass ; the street 

 was the cheapest place to keep them in, 

 and the best. 



I then began to ask for these blades ; 

 which, they told me, were very fine for 

 horses : but my wants, I found, could not 

 be supplied that day ; but that in the 

 morning there would be carts with these 

 blades to sell. Being, however, very de- 

 sirous to give -my horses and cattle .some 

 refreshment as well as myself, as I had had 

 a very good dinner I wished them the same \ 



