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INFAMY OF BAITING. 



impulse, and the dogs having- done their duty with equal bravery, but unable to 

 kill, the badger's suffering's should be immediately en ed,bya few heavy blows on 

 his snout, always mortal to this animal ; and he should not, according- to shameful 

 custom, be reserved in lingering misery, for the unfair, unsportsmanlike, and 

 detestable practice of baiting. On the subject of feeling- for brute animals, I find 

 an apt quotation in Coleridge, who has more of the spell, and magic, and witchery 

 of genius in him, than any poet living, since Shakespeare ; witness his ' Fire, 

 Famine, and Slaughter,' his ' Christabel,' and his ' Rime of the Ancient 

 Mariner.' 



Farewell, farewell i but this I tell 

 To thee, thou Wedding-Guest ! 

 He prayeth well, who loveth well 

 Both man and bird and beast. 

 He prayeth best, who loyeth best 

 All things both great and small, 

 For the dear God who loveth us, 

 He made and loveth all. 



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