270 COW AND CALF FATTENING THE CALF. 



tion, whilst his poor protege was feasting on his 

 bounty ! And this I saw with mine own eyes, and 

 it stands dated in my common-place book. The 

 old animal at length, judging of our benevolence 

 by that of our cat, lost his fearful apprehension of 

 us, and we took him in. But he was too far gone ; 

 and, after keeping him in comfort a day or two, as 

 the next and greatest benefit I could confer upon 

 him, I expedited him to his best home, the feline 

 Elysium, in such way that he had no previous dread 

 of the stroke which instantaneously destroyed all 

 sensibility of pain. I had then before me the por- 

 trait of his benefactor Buonaparte, a most correct 

 likeness, by the celebrated James Ward, and lately 

 was sitting by my side one of his great-great-grand- 

 daughters, named Button, in her twentieth year, and 

 nearly totally blind. She was ultimately lost by quit- 

 ting the house on a sudden by night, and our long 

 and painful search could obtain no tidings of her. 



The CALF may be sold as soon as it has drawn off 

 the beastings, or first milk, unless any coring or 

 defect in the cow's udder or teats may render it de- 

 sirable for the calf to suck a few days, in order that 

 the action may clear off any obstructions, for which 

 the butting of the calf's head is generally the best 

 remedy. If intended to be FATTENED for the butcher, 

 it must be kept in a pen, particularly dry and clean, 

 suckled twice a day at regular hours, always have the 

 first, which is the thinnest of the milk, and not be 

 permitted to overcharge its stomach. Lumps of soft 

 chalk are usually placed for the calf to lick, as an ab- 

 sorbent to neutralize those acidities engendered in 



