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the loins, feemed to indicate the approach of 

 inevitable dilToiUtion; the Under parts had 

 abfolutely declined, and could no longer per-^ 

 form their office , when lifced up he could not 

 ftand without fupport, his hind legs finking 

 under him ; and, by the frequent twitchings 

 and convulfive fpafms, he feemed encountering 

 the agonies of immediate death; 



No refinement of thought, np fublimity of 

 expreffion,is neceffary to convey a defcription of 

 the prefent dilemma. Every fportfman, whofe 

 mind is embellifhed by the nicer fenfatlons, and 

 whofe heart is inftinftively open to alleviate 

 the fufferings of thefe partners of, and con- 

 tributors to, our pleafures, thefe nodurnal pro- 

 teftors of our property, as well as the many 

 {though no ffortjmen) who have their favour- 

 ites of the different fpecies, and are no 

 ftrangers to \!^€\x attachinentSy fidelity y z.nd gra- 

 titude, have, no douht, fome time or other ^ ftood 

 in a fimilar predicament. 



Convinced, by the ftate of the extended 

 fabjedt, nothing could be expecTted but death, 

 any rational experiment, that could be put 

 into immediate pradice, was perfeflly jufti- 



fiable^ 



