158 ON THE RIGHTS OF BEASTS. 



felves void, and their exercife may lawfully be 

 fufpended, for the general good. 



In the prefent ftate of things, I think the fol- 

 lowing additional regulations might have the 

 ufe of ftrengthening thofe old ones, already in 

 force. A fteady man, at a refpectable falary, 

 ought to be employed in Smithfield, as infpeclor 

 of the market ; whofe bufinefs it mould be, to 

 prevent, or report, all a£ls of cruelty and danger. 

 Drovers ought to be men of fteady and good cha- 

 racter, and well paid ; and the ftricleft fcrutiny 

 occafionally made into their conduct ; their re- 

 fponfibility in a fervice of fair and adequate 

 emolument, would infure their good beha- 

 viour. General orders mould be ift'ued by the 

 magiftracy, to the officers of all the different pa- 

 rifhes, ftriclly enjoining them to apprehend bul- 

 lock-hunters ; and it mud be made the drover's 

 duty to point them out : and laftly, as the mod 

 effectual of all remedies, mild methods of dri- 

 ving fhould be infifted on, upon pain of dis- 

 charge, and incapacity of fervice ever after. 



Many acls of cruelty to poor animals, deftined 

 to the {laughter, are overlooked, which it is 

 damnable infamy to tolerate. As a pregnant 

 inftance, how often have I feen with an aching 

 heart, the wretched calves, their poor tender 

 limbs ftiffened, and rendered almoft ufelefs, by the 

 length and jolting of their journey, precipitated 



head. 



