TABLE IV. 567 



After the foregoing sheets were printed, being 

 obliged to retire into the country for a few months, 

 in consequence of ill health, brought on by over 

 exertion of the nervous system, from too intense 

 application to the subject of this work, I em- 

 braced the opportunity of making some additional 

 observations on the temperature of such domestic 

 animals as came in my way. Most of them were 

 made in the month of August, by placing the 

 bulb of a medical thermometer under the fore 

 arm, which was gently pressed against the thorax. 

 They were performed with a view of ascertaining 

 the' influence of season and of age in modifying 

 temperature. From which it will be seen, that 

 in some of the more active mammalia, it was 

 higher than the average represented in the second 

 table. The observations on fowls, ducks, and a 

 few other birds, corresponded with those of Davy 

 and Edwards, therefore have been omitted as 

 unnecessary. 



TABLE IV. 



Temperature of a young she goat, 3 months old 107 

 Mother of the same, old, and in poor condition 104 



A tame young rabbit, 2 months old 108 



A fine active kitten, 2 months old 105*5 



A vigorous cat, nearly full grown 104 



Mother of the kitten, 3 years old 103*5 



A very old cat, said to be in its 19th year 102 



An active cur dog, 3 months old 106 



A fine active young horse, 4 years old 104 



A mare, 20 years of age, (in vaginam) 100 



Thus it would appear, that in the same species 

 p P 



