7G FACT AGAINST FICTION. 



wliip be tlie lightest one possible, and the spur 

 tlie least severe, for it is not blood nor weals, 

 severity and pain, that reprove and educate — it is 

 the impression, not on the skin, but on the mind, 

 that achieves the desired consummation. If any- 

 thing I have written induces a hand to withhold 

 a blow, or saves from harsh usage any creature in 

 existence, then my occupation has not been in 

 vain ; and the beautiful, the faithful, and affectionate 

 creatures, the dear companions, as their races have 

 been, of my hapj^iest leisure hours, will not have 

 wasted their gifted powers on my pleasures, but 

 by the knowledge I have gained of them, and 

 their healthful use, they have made me their 

 friend indeed ! 



As to artificial manures, and regarding . the 

 feathered game on a manor, I am convinced, and 

 so are a great many agriculturists of my acquaint- 

 ance, that artificial manures have a destructive effect 

 on the game. It is difiicult to point out how or 

 wlience this arises, though the fact of the injury to 

 tlie feathered game has been to me very remark- 

 a1jle; but my opinion inclines to tlie lielief that 

 some artificial manures destroy certain insects 

 necessary for the food of game ; and on sites where 



