366 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



of good water for them to drink whenever they may 

 be so disposed ; that their food be given to them as 

 above without the least possible delay or injury ; and 

 that they be either wholly turned out into the yards 

 constantly after eating their fodderings, or have the 

 open air for some hours every day in the summer 

 months in the cool of the evenings, and in the mid- 

 day when the season becomes more cold. Advantages 

 would also be produced in the condition and growth 

 of the beasts, as well as in the increase of some of the 

 products afforded by them, by having the different 

 sorts of such keep properly varied and employed in 

 alternation with each other. 



ON ANIMAL MATTER. 



All bodies endowed with life, and with spontaneous 

 motion, are called animals. These are all capable 

 of reproducing their life ; some, by the union of the 

 two sexes, produce small living creatures ; others lay 

 eggs, which require a due temperature to produce 

 young ; some multiply vdthout conjunction of sexes ; 

 and others are reproduced when cut in pieces, like the 

 roots of plants. 



All animals are fed on vegetables, either directly, or 

 by the intervention of other animals. No one part 

 of their substance is derived from any other source ex- 

 cept water. The small quantity of salt used by man, 

 and some other animals, is only necessary as a season- 

 ing or stimulus to the stomach. 



As the animal, then, is derived from the vegetable 

 matter, we accordingly find that the former is capable 



