74 THE HORSE AND HIS EIDER. 



HOW TO TREAT A HUNTER IN THE FlELD. 



Of the Ten Commandments which man is ordered to 

 obey, it may truly be said that there is no one which it is 

 not alike his interest as well as his duty to fulfil. In 

 every station in life in which it may have pleased God to 

 call him, he rises by being honest sinks by being dis- 

 honest ; gains more by forgiving an injury than by 

 avenging it ; creates friends by kindness enemies by 

 unkindness ; causes even bad servants to be faithful 

 by making them happy ; and thus, while he is appa- 

 rently serving others, in reality he is materially benefit- 

 ing himself. 



By a similar dispensation of Providence, it is the in- 

 terest as well as the duty of man to be merciful to the 

 animals created for his use. 



The better they are fed, and the more carefully they 

 are attended to, the more valuable they become. If by 

 any accident they be either maimed or lamed, money is 

 gained by giving them rest, lost by forcing them to 

 continue to move; in short, while sickness is costly so 

 long as it remains uncured, any neglect which causes a 

 diseased animal to die, inflicts upon the owner thereof 

 a fine exactly equal to what would have been gained had 

 he been saved. 



This humane regulation of Nature, which may justly 



