Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by 



S. W. COLE, 



In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of 



Massachusetts. 



The animals in our Frontispiece, " Lady Messenger," and 

 her colt, " Morgan Messenger," are descendants of the famous 

 Morgan and Messenger horses. They were formerly owned, 

 nxid the colt was raised, by S. W. Jewett, Esq., Weybridge, 

 Vermont ; but are now the property of General S. W. Bur- 

 roughs, Medina, Orleans county, New York. 



Stereotyped by 

 GEORGE A. CURTIS; 



BNOLAND TYPB AND STSaEOTTPB FOUNDBRT. 



