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with wet cloths in the sun, and taking' care to keep iWcia well 

 moistened. 



No sooner, therefore, does the sweat begin to flow from the pores 

 of a Horse's skin, accustomed to Cloathing-, than a great portion of 

 it is almost immediately converted into vapour, on account of the 

 shortness of his coat, which can absorb but a small quantity of that 

 fluid. 



And here I cannot refrain from observing, that in no instance, 

 perhaps, is the wisdom and benevolence of the Deity more satisfac- 

 torily evinced than by the diflerent kinds of the external coverings of 

 animals in diflTerent parts of the Globe, sO admirably suited to the 

 individual in every climate. The resources of Nature seem, in fact, 

 to be unlimited, with respect to the provisions for regulating the 

 temperature of animals. For, not only do we see this admirable va- 

 riety in the coats of animals inhabiting different parts of the world, 

 exactly suited to the climate, mode of life, and habits of the species, 

 but, we also find that a great change takes place in the coat of 

 the same animal, as the weather alters from hot to cold, or from 

 cold to hot, in the same countries. Some of these changes are so 

 palpable and manifest, indeed, as to strike the most inattentive ob- 

 server, and that a multitude of others are effected which have hi- 

 therto escaped the eagle-eye of philosophy, no man Avho thinks 

 justly on the subject can for a moment possibly doubt. 



If the hairy sheep from the Tropics be brought to these Northern 

 climates, its coat soon loses its original structure, and a species of 

 coarse wool succeeds to the primeval hair of the animal. 



On the contrary, if the sheep of these countries be transported 

 to regions under the Tropics^ a kind of hair will succeed to the 



