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execution of all orders entrusted to them. 

 Management and dictation form no part of 

 these. 



The internal arrangements of the horse and all 

 domestic animals require the assistance of brains 

 not so illiterate, and if they were properly sup- 

 plied with such, the horse and his master would 

 enjoy a much longer acquaintance. 



It is important to us to enquire whether 

 oats or any kind of grain are capable of growing 

 after having passed through from eighty to ninety 

 feet of intestines subjected to healthy acid, alka- 

 line, and other peculiar juices which convert their 

 starch into sugar, separate and modify their 

 albumen and caseine, and dissolve out salts, or 

 to a temperature varying from 98 to 102 R, 

 occupying time varying from ten to twenty-four 

 hours ? 



I venture to predict not, and to assert that 

 very few grains will pass out unacted upon. If 

 such were the case the whole processes of masti- 

 cation, insalivation, digestion, and that of making 

 malt are but a farce, and cannot be accounted 

 for by the present deductions of science. 



The solution of the growing oats, however, was 

 soon made apparent. 



The manger system had been imperfectly 

 carried on for some time without any alteration 

 in the size or character of the mangers them- 

 selves. These were shallow, narrow, and not 

 provided with cross-bars. In this way much was 



