had earned &quot; Gold Medals &quot; for its author, in a country where they are not prone 

 to be lavish of such substantial marks of approbation, rny curiosity was awakened, 

 and I had soon read enough to bring home to me once more, for the thousandth 

 time, that homely old truth, &quot; We live to learn.&quot; 



Since then, many things have occurred to strengthen my confidence in the re 

 ality of this discovery, and in its high practical value to all interested in the pre 

 servation and improvement of milk stock and who is it that is not interested in 

 its productiveness ? The most recent of these incidents is as follows : 



A friend to whom I had lent the translation accompanied with the plates which 

 are requisite to make it intelligible, showed it to a man from the country whose 

 calling had rendered him quite conversant with the subject of cattle. This per 

 son s curiosity was so far awakened, that, beside attending to the explanations 

 made to him, he took a sketch of some of the escutcheons. After an absence of 

 some weeks, he returned to the city where this had happened, and came to see 

 my friend. * That thing (said he) is as true as a book. There is no mistake 

 about the matter. Since I was here, I have looked at more cows than ever you 

 saw, and I am perfectly satisfied that the thing is just as the Frenchman says. 

 I have become convinced, too, of another thing: that our breeds of cattle are by 

 no means the great things they are cracked up to be.&quot; N. P. T. 



Washingtt n, City, January, 1846. 



