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adverting to the fuperiority that one part of 

 the country enjoys over another) may con- 

 tribute "more to a gratification of their wifhes 

 than to. pay an implicit obedience to the 

 effedl of chance unaffifted by any perfonal 

 effort ** to better the example/' 



Previous to further difcuffion of the fub- 

 je6l before us, it is worthy admiration in 

 how many ways the animal production of 

 the temperate region we enjoy has been en- 

 abled to demonftrate its individual excel- 

 lence over a fimilar part of the creation, 

 when tranfported from any other part of the 

 globe. This remark might be juftified by a 

 very (light comparative view of the different 

 animals, whofe abilities or power (according 

 to their diftindl qualifications) have been 

 purpofely placed in competition with others 

 to prove the inferiority ; one, however, 

 comes immediately applicable to our prc- 

 fent defign. Attempts have been repeatedly 

 made by very ftrenuous advocates of the 

 firft eminence and property, to improve the 

 breed of our own nation by the elaborate in- 

 troducflion and crofs of the moil celebrated 

 Arabians, carefully feledcd under impor- 

 tant 



