BREEDING. 35 



flighteft probability of tranfmiffion to the 

 offspring. 



Suppciiiig a neighbouring JlaUtGn, and 

 fuch there generally is in every part of the 

 kingdom, to have great recommendation in 

 his favour, as to the matter of common in- 

 quiry and fafhionable figure, it is ftill ne- 

 ceffary to defcend to the minutiae of fym- 

 m.etry in head^ neck, Jhouldcr, forehand, ribs, 

 back^ loins, joints, and pajierns^ attending to 

 a ilrid uniformity in the fhape, make, and 

 txi^xture of the very hoofs ^ and were it poffible 

 (which in almoft every cafe it certainly is 

 not) even to afcertain the temper and difpo- 

 fition of both fire and dam, rather than be 

 accelTary to a procreation of vices or imper- 

 fections, that by a more judicious ele<flion 

 may be fo eafily avoided. 



After all that can poffibly be written 

 (and if it were probable that all could 

 be univerfally read) upon this flibjed: every 

 reader pofTeffing the power of free agency 

 has ftill the privilege to rejecfl any opinion 

 not perfectly coincident with the plan he 

 may have adopted, and to enjoy the uncon- 



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