38 BREEDING. 



with good eyes ; yet the chance, or rather 

 imprudence, of breeding from such had much 

 better be avoided ; as the incontrovertible 

 evidence I shall introduce, upon the folly of 

 embarking in such an expedition, (where the 

 odds are entirely against the adventurer, 

 without a single point in his favour) must 

 prove exactly similar to playing at hazard 

 With false dice, where you may eternally lose, 

 but never can rise a winner. 



It is likely these considerations may want 

 proper weight with those who supply a con- 

 temptuous smile of disbelief at the very idea 

 of transmitting hereditary blemishes or de- 

 fects from sire to son, as the result of cyni- 

 cal opposition to the more rational sy tern they 

 adopt, ofannually breeding under every pos- 

 sible disadvantage, in confirmation of their 

 inexperience : I shall therefore recommend 

 to their mcredulifiji a few instances, confirming 

 ns facts what may have been hitherto con- 

 sidered matters of doul^t, without the least 

 criterion for general decision. 



The first opportunity I could avail myself 

 of to justify or render nugatory my opinioa 



