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of the warm climates usually feed when fresh gathered 

 contain about twelve per cent, of carbon, while the 

 fat and train oil consumed by the inhabitants of the 

 Arctic regions contain over sixty per cent, of carbon, 

 I cannot do better than conclude this chapter with 

 the final remark of Mr. Cornelius Tongue (" Cecil ") 

 in his chapter on " Food, its Properties and Effects," 

 in The Stud Farm. 



" As it is laid down that the nourishment of the 

 body is derived from the ingredients of the blood 

 — that those substances alone can be estimated as 

 nutritious which are capable of conversion into 

 blood, and hence that the quality of the blood is 

 dependent upon the elements of which the food is 

 composed — the knowledge of the descriptions of 

 food which contain the greatest relative proportions 

 of those elements which are adapted to increase the 

 growth and development of certain portions of the 

 animal best calculated to augment his utility and 

 value becomes worthy of inquiry, in order to make 

 a judicious selection. A racehorse, a hunter, and a 

 foxhound require food calculated to form muscle, 

 bone, and sinew ; yet it is not proper at all times 

 to supply them with food abounding only with those 

 principles, and thus a change is necessary. Age 

 and condition, and the proximity to the time when 

 their active services will be required, must be per- 

 mitted to exert an influence, and the nature of the 

 food should be regulated accordingly." 



