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whereas it should be thus — 

 No 2 



possesses further, usually, the (to the farmer) profit- 

 less adjunct of a large belly, and is an animal not to 

 be affected. Technically it is called a "butcher's 

 beast," inasmuch as the offal is in excess of the prime 

 meat. 



When old George Stephenson took to agriculture 

 (having been the first in gardening to teach the 

 cucumber the science of the right line, by restricting 

 its growth within the precincts of a straight glass- 

 tube — a plan never thought of before), he soon saw 

 the reason, as the advantage, of a broad back to a 

 feeding animal. It was clear at once to his observant 

 eye, that an animal could carry, without discomfort 

 and consequent waste, upon its back, a weight, a 

 fraction of which would kill it hung beneath its 

 belly. You try, my enthusiastic friend, upon all 

 fours, and see whether you can carry a loaded saddle 

 best, turned round underneath, or upon your back as 



