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any violation of the laws of health from incurring its full penalty, 

 and it is at least open to doubt if it would not be better for a few- 

 thousand horses and children to ])e annually killed outright, than 

 for the whole race to suffer and degenerate by being partially 

 deprived of the vital air which nature has provided so liberally, 

 but which the ignorance of man is so ready to treat as an enemy 

 instead of a friend. 



