328 Food. 



dcrtaking the task^ which this author candidly avows he has had 

 no opportunity of obtaining. 



Nevertheless, in no way dismayed by the want of proper armour, 

 lliis hardy champion ventures to throw down the gauntlet, tt> some 

 of the greatest names amongst modern Philosophers^ to criticise their 

 trpiniohs/and to dispute their tenets. Now, if this gentleman's dog- 

 mutisms, had been' confined to mere matters of theory, or specula- . 

 tive points only, they might have been passed over in silence, and 

 suffered to find their own level, but as it seems to me that man j^" of 

 the' rash and bold assertions of this Author, on the subject of animal 

 dietfe^tics, are of such a nature as to strike at the very root of the 

 gi^eatest discoveries of modern times, and to invalidate the facts of 

 several eminent agriculturists, the scale of whose experience, has 

 been in a tenfold degree greater than his own, I feel it incumbent 

 on me, to point out the fallacy of some of the opinions he has main- 

 tained, o n this important branch of rural economy. 



Speaking of the Continental system of managing Horse diet, this 

 author says: "In this reforming age various haye been the improve*- 

 ments proposed for the ceconomical dieting of Horses. Lord Dundo^ 

 nald, and indeed others before his Lordship, had been strong 

 advocates for the Continental culinary system, or the practice of 

 cooking the victuals of Horses, or at any rate of malting their corn. 



Tedious methods ! which I conceive will scarce ever obtain in this 

 country, where the raw provender, judiciously chosen, and properly 

 diliused, succeeds so admirably. In feeding for the Shambles, I 

 admit the superior utility of coction, which I have often essayed." 

 Now, the admission of this last fact, seems to me quite sufficient to 

 overturn the notion, on which this bold assertion, as to the inefficacy 



