76 BREEDING. 



attentively afcertained, and excellent paflure 

 with good water not being found to increafe 

 the flow of milk fo much as is evidently re- 

 quired, an addition of more fubiiantial and 

 nutritive food muft be aiiociated with what 

 has been always confidered the lirft and moil 

 natural aliment for equeftrian improvement. 



All rules, however eftabliuied, are perpe- 

 tually liable to fome exception, and nature is 

 not uncommonly aflifted, or counteraded, 

 by ways and means the very leail expected ; 

 for every conftitution will not be aoied upon 

 in the fame manner either in the human or 

 brute creation. In fa(fr, daily experience 

 with the human fpecies affords ample proof, 

 that the J^'ime articles in phylic or food lliall 

 ad: in a diredt contrary way, and produce 

 a very different efied: upon one habit to 

 w hat it Ihall in another ; a circumftance fo 

 generally known and admitted, would fur- 

 niih fufficient latitude for conjedure refped- 

 ing the anim.al we now treat qf, was proof 

 really wanting to ellabliih fuch opinion, 

 which is by no means the cafe, as numerous 

 ipftances might be quoted to corroborate 4 



variety 



