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me, to point out for the information of even 

 the most superficial or least considerate oh^ 

 soever, the destruction of parts that must ine- 

 vitably ensue ; no combination of nature can 

 stand against this accumulation of cruelty 

 and infliction of punishment. ^ The finer ves- 

 sels, the veins, arteries, muscles, nay, the 

 ossified structure or bony parts themselves, 

 must nearly submit to this elaborate and 

 studied work of devastation. The humane 

 render, whose judgment is not biassed by 

 prejudice, or his reason blinded by an ad- 

 herence to custom, and whose feelings move 

 in concert with my own, will shudder at the 

 reflection ; and to every sportsman looking 

 with the eye of extreme pleasure upon the 

 excellencies of the animal (whose sufferings 

 I lament) do I appeal for a justification of 

 the warmth I have been naturally promoted 

 to display on the occasion. And in PITY 

 to a species so eminently entitled to every 

 degree of MERCY, care, and attention, let 

 us hope (as we are now become more re- 

 formed in our minds, and rectified in our 

 judgment) that this DAMNABLE doctrine 

 may be universally exploded and buried in 



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