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may here contemplate his natural habits, his anato- 

 jnical ftrufture, and mechanical arrangement, and 

 admire the wifdom difplayed in the oeconomy of his 

 organs. The Naturalijlj it is prefumed, may here 

 be led to a farther acquaintance with Nature's grand 

 fcheme, by the defcription of the formation of do- 

 meftic animals, and the feveral variations in their 

 fundions, habits, and manners. Amateurs, lovers 

 of Horfes, will here likewiie find this valuable ani- 

 mal confidered not in one point of view alone,- but 

 as intended for various purpofes, with the form befl 

 adapted for each of thefe pointed out, and the gene- 

 ral beauties and defects defcribed, fo as to enable 

 the inexperienced to judge of thefe points for them- 

 lelves, thus refcuing them from the impofition of 

 grooms and dealers. The natural treatment of ani- 

 mals, with the varied modes of feeding, of exercifing, 

 and of ftabling— the laws and modes of progreflfion— 

 the breeding, rearing, and perfecting — will all form 

 points highly interefting and ufcful to this clafs of 

 readers. The ^gricvUuraliJt, the Fanner, and Gra- 

 zier, may here likewife find the Ox and Sheep confi- 

 dered ; and it is prefumed, from the broad fcale on 

 which thefe animals are viewed, thefe perfons may 

 draw many important hints, not only relative to their 

 treatment under difeafes, but of the mode befl ad- 

 apted to preferred them in health, and to make 

 them prove Hill more lucrative and ufeful. The 



