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uncovered dries, and is affected by heat and cold to such an 

 extent as to produce inflammation and ulceration, which 

 occurs so readily and so constantly in horses' heels. Speak- 

 ing of the purposes of hair, Mr Erasmus Wilson says : 

 " That it effects an important one, we have evidence in its 

 almost universal distribution among the mammiferous class 

 of animals ; and, indeed, if we admit the analogy between 

 feathers and hair among all warm-blooded animals, additional 

 evidence is obtained in the perfection of its structure, and, 

 again, in its early appearance during the development of the 

 young. As a bad conductor of heat, it tends to preserve the 

 warmth of the body." 



We therefore conclude by saying, that clipping does more 

 harm than good, and all good horsemen should choose, for 

 hunting and other such purposes, animals that can carry 

 their unequalled natural protector a good coat as well as 

 a good weight on their backs across any country. 



CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN BATH FOR CATTLE. 



Dr Barter, aiming at the general adoption of the Roman 

 bath and the necessity of rendering it inexpensive, has re- 

 commended the following plan : 



" The foundations are laid in the usual way of either brick 

 or stone, and the outside walls carried up to a height of about 

 12 inches over the surface, and at a thickness of from 15 to 

 18 inches, thp whole of the work being laid level Upon 

 this foundation a framework of upright deals is raised, cut 

 44 x 1 J (or four out of a 3-inch deal), about 9 feet high to 

 the wall plate, and placed at intervals of about 15 inches 

 from centre to centre, the uprights being set with their 

 greatest depth in the thickness of the wall. The intervals 

 are then filled with a wall built with one brick on edge, care 



