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tame the pheasant, the partridge, and the 

 quail, have proved unavaihng, and a belief is 

 by many entertained " that the races of 

 domesticated animals were never wild :" on 

 which point observations have been so perti- 

 nently made, that we shall offer no apology 

 for transcribing them. 



" In the first place, there is no evidence of 

 a greater number of kinds of domesticated 

 animals now in the world, than have been 

 from the earliest period of history ; and, in 

 the next place, there have always existed as 

 many kinds of domesticated animals as have 

 been useful to man in his most civilized state. 

 As the civilization of man increased, so have 

 the variety and quality of domesticated ani- 

 mals increased, but the number of their kinds 

 has not increased. There were horses, asses, 

 camels, dogs, cattle, sheep, and goats, in 

 the days of Abraham as well as now ; and 

 these constitute the largest proportion of our 

 domesticated animals. 



" Many attempts have been successfully 

 made to tame single individuals of wild races, 

 but such animals, though tamed, are in quite 

 a different state from our domesticated ani- 



