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weak position of the two former, and still re 

 solved to eat flesh, take their stand upon this 

 ground: that sportsmen send some game off 

 wounded and leave them in a state of suffering. 

 These gentlemen forget the operations per 

 formed upon calves, pigs, lambs and sometimes 

 on poultry. Sir ISAAC COFFIN prides himself 

 upon teaching the English ladies how to make 

 turkey-capons! Only think of the separation 

 of calves, pigs, and lambs, at an early age, from 

 their mothers ! Go, you sentimental eaters of 

 veal, sucking pig and lamb, and hear the 

 mournful lo wings, whinings, and bleatings ; ob 

 serve the anxious listen, the wistful look, and 

 the dropping tear, of the disconsolate dams; 

 and, then, while you have the carcasses of their 

 young ones under your teeth, cry out, as soon 

 as you can empty your mouths a little, against 

 the cruelty of hunting and shooting. Get up 

 from dinner (but take care to stuff well first), 

 and go and drown the puppies of the bitch, and 

 the kittens of the cat, lest they should share a 

 little in what their mothers have guarded with 

 so much fidelity; and, as good stuffing may 

 tend to make you restless in the night, order 

 the geese to be picked alive, that, however your 

 consciences may feel, your bed, at least, may 

 be easy and soft. Witness all this with your 

 own eyes; and tty^p go weeping to bed, at the 



