84 BREEDING. 



Before we take leave of this part of our 

 subject, it conies directly in point to offer a 

 few w^ords upon the ahnost universal prac- 

 tice of continuing to breed, year after year, 

 from the same mare, till nature, over -driven, 

 thwarts the attempt by the occasional in- 

 troduction of a barren year^ in direct oppo« 

 gition to the intent of the b;reeder, demon- 

 strating upon cGmpuhion the necessity of 

 what he did not intend to comprehend by 

 choice. 



The very means by which the embryo is 

 generated, and the nutriment required, not 

 only to support its growth during the months 

 of gestation, but the subsequent term of its 

 suction evidently point out the consistency 

 of some portion of rest or respite for tlie 

 dam, to acquire additional strength, after the 

 incessant labour of continually collecting a 

 double portion of food to subsist herself and_ 

 support her offspring. 



The fashionable and preddminaht plea of 

 attachment to interest and self-preservation, 

 will render deaf to this remonstrance num-^ 

 bers, who, '' unwilling to lose the y^ar/' 



