310 ON DRAFT CATTLE. 



many of whom, are, during the days of labour, 

 enveloped in all kinds of filth. 



Many will (tart and (hrink back from the 

 trouble of the talk I have prefumed to recommend 

 unto them. Thefe calculate ill. Improvident 

 negligence is ufually productive of accumulated 

 trouble ; and an article of high price, reafon- 

 ably demands, and will as certainly repay, the 

 infu ranee of care. 



Previous to fpeaking of draft cattle, for agri- 

 cultural purpofes,it is neceffary to enter into a di- 

 grefhon, not only extremely unpleafant in its own 

 nature, but rendered doubly fo by the confide- 

 ration, that in handling the fubject, facred truth 

 will oblige me to ftruggle againft the fierce and 

 headftrong current of popular prejudice ; a 

 ftruggle, however, which I never did, or ever 

 will decline, upon any cafe of importance to 

 the interefts of mankind ; being, by nature, 

 more folicitous to fay true and ufeful, than 

 pleafant and flattering things. The fubject to 

 which I allude, is defcribed by the cant terms 



of MONOPOLY, FORESTALLING, and REGRA- 



ting ; why it is intitled to a place here, will be 

 explained by the following alarming facts. 



The unfortunate dearnefs of all the necef- 

 faries of life, has had fuch an irritating effect 

 upon the minds of the lower claffes, that cer- 

 tain of them, in one or two counties, have 

 formed themfejves into gangs, and, under the 



name 



