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transparent; and tliat the pupils, or npplcx of 

 the eyes, are exactly alike in size as well as color. 

 A sunken eye, or one over which the lids are 

 partly closed— a projecting' hnw — an opa(iue or 

 scmi-opaqnc front" — a pupil dilated, or a white 

 or clouded one — are so many omens of disease, 

 for which we should reject the ;>/-rt<f as a <:7/p;W,t 

 or, what is often worse, a Wmi-e/-, who will shy 

 at all he meets with, and break }our neck the 

 first po^erX you ride him at. Having sati-sfied 

 yourself in regard to his/)c/'/7<v.<, have him pulled 

 md, and next proceed to examine his pipen. If 

 ((ood ■d.ni KOHud, on being nipped in the gullet, 

 he will utter such a sound a.'! cannot fail to strike 

 the ear as the emission of a good pair of bellows; 

 but if his luniks are tovchcd, and he is a piper, 

 (that is, broken- iciiulfd, or having no iriiid at all,) 

 he will give vent to a dr>/, linsk//, .short cough. 

 Should a horse be su.spected ol7/«(Z 7r/7(fZ, how- 

 ever, the purchaser cannot do better than direct 

 his attention to the flanks, whict, under such 

 circumstances, will work either much quicker 

 than ordinarily, or heave deeply, and with great 

 irregularity ; they will be considerably longer 

 in contracting themselves, in order to squeeze 

 the wind out,|| than in falling to let it in,^ which 

 they do, if he is a piper, quite suddenly. But, 

 though not a piper, he may be a uhisller, or. 

 what is worse, a roarer : the first may be known 

 by the peculiar wheezing he is addicted to when 

 put to sudden or long continued exertion; tlie 



latter, by blowing ki-i horn clamorously under 

 similar circumstances ; and either may be made 

 to display itself, by the purchaser giving him a 

 smart cut, or even feigning to do so, with his bit 

 of a.^k. 



Thirdly, and lastly, as to the limbs. If, in pass- 

 ing our hand down his legs, we find any unnat- 

 ural protuberance, or puftiness, or if, in feeling 

 first one leg and then the other, we di.scover any 

 difference between them, disease, nK)re or less, 

 is present; he may not be lame, but he is not 

 clean upon his legs. Splents, windgalls and 

 ringbones may be present without occasioning 

 lameness, but they are all unnatural, are consid- 

 ered blemishes, and are all to be regarded with 

 a suspicious eye, as either denoting past hard 

 v:ork, or betokening future evils. On the same 

 principle, a horse may have a spavin, and be 

 only stiff from it at starting, or he may have a 

 curb, or a Ihoroitah-pin, and be perfectly scmnd ; 

 but these are still blemishes, and as such detract 

 from the intrinsic value of the animal. In ex- 

 plaining the advantages resulting from good 

 conformation, we are naturally led to make re- 

 marks eii passant, on the disadvantages from 

 bad. ; in pursuance whereof, I have shown why 

 such a structure is bad, a question that necessa- 

 rily entails upon us the mention of the disorders 

 originating therein ; i. e. the diseases to which 

 such parts, in con.sequence of being vialformed. 

 ^xe predisposed. Inopes. 



CULTIVATION OF THE VINE. 



If any exhibition of supineness on the part of American agriculturists could 

 surprise us, it would be the neglect of so large a portion of them to provide, 

 every man his own table at least, with an abundance of one of the most whole- 

 some and delicious contained in the whole catalogue of fruits adapted to our 

 climate, and of easy cultivation. 



In the last September number we adverted to this subject, referring to the 

 opinions and experience of Dr. Underbill, as of the highest authority, and gave 

 at the same time an niteresting letter from Mr. Mosher, of Ohio. With a view, 

 however, to the interesting nature of the subject, and the necessity for fuller in- 

 formation on the part of those who would like to cultivate grapes on a scale at 

 least adequate to the wants of their own family — and seeing, especially, that 

 the time is at hand for the commencement of this beautiful and interesting de- 

 partment of Horticulture — we have pleasure in transferring, as we are allowed to 

 do, what follows, from Browne's book on " The Trees of America," for which 

 a gold medal was awarded by the American Institute. We are forced to stop, 

 in this number, with what the author says of management during the first year. 

 The residue, up to the " seventh year and subsequent treatment," will be given 

 in our next, with engravings to illustrate the progress of its growth and manage- 

 ment from year to year. The cut on the next page represents the Isabella 

 (Vitis labrusca J.'sabclla). 



Vauieties. — Several attempts have been 

 made to classify the varieties of this species, 

 but nut with imich success. In most ca.ses, 

 the fimn iuid c()l<jr of tlie fruit aloiio have 



* Transparent cornea. 

 II Expiration. 

 ipt) 



\ A blind one. 

 § luepirution. 



been considered, and iu others the shape and 

 clotliiiii; of the leaves; but, as it will be im- 

 possible for us to ,"nter iut.j all of these con- 

 aideratioii8, we shall only treat of a few of 



i So called from plnuting nil but the nonpartilt. 



