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he thought of being a Mr. Bakewell : but it 

 would not do in America. He put me in 

 mind of the quaker m England, who, being 

 asked in court by a counsellor what he 

 meant by saying likewise and also? replied 

 " Lord Kenyon is a great lawyer ; thou art 

 a/so, but not like-wise" Thus Mr. Gough 

 was also, but not like- wise , as Mr. Bakewell. 

 With all Mr. Cough's attention, he is far 

 from being a good judge of animals. He 

 raised a*great quantity of potatoes for the 

 use of his cattle and other animals, and 

 every thing seemed to be done in a very 

 proper manner ; but, in the choice of his 

 animals, he has acted as many other persons 

 before him he has thought the largest best. 

 There are great numbers of hogs, in 

 general of a very inferior kind. The real 

 American hog* is what is termed the wood- 

 hog : they are long in the leg, narrow on 

 the back, short in the body, flat on the sides, 

 with a long snout, very rough in their hair, 

 in make more like the fish called a perch than 

 any thing I can describe. You may as well 



