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adverting to the superiority that one part of 

 the country enjoys over another) may con- 

 tribute more to a gratification of their wishes 

 than to pay an implicit obedience to the ef- 

 fect of chance unassisted by any personal ef- 

 fort '' to better the example." 



Previous to further discussion of the sub- 

 ject before us, it is worthy admiration in 

 how many ways the animal production of 

 the temperate region we enjoy has been en- 

 bled to demonstrate its individual excel- 

 lence over a similar part of the creation, 

 when transported from any other part of the 

 globe. This remark might be justified by a 

 very slight comparative view of the different 

 animals, whose abilities or power (according 

 to their distinct qualifications) have been 

 purposely placed in competition with others 

 to prove the inferiority ; one, however, 

 comes immediately applicable to our present 

 design. Attempts have been repeatedly 

 made by very strenuous advocates of the 

 first eminence and property, to improve the 

 breed of our own nation by the elaborate in- 

 troduction and cross of the most celebrated 

 Akabian§, carefully selected under impor-n 



