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cent, which should be practical, descriptive, and 

 intelligible, — vastly advancing along common sense 

 lines the appreciation of our duties to our dumb 

 dependents. 



Such a place would need plain, inexpensive accom- 

 modations for all the different varieties of boarders 

 and pensioners, together with a certain amount of 

 land for yards and paddocks; better, of course, if 

 it also contain sufficient acreage for the pasturing 

 of horses, etc., at certain seasons, and for the grow- 

 ing of hay and various other useful crops. This is 

 really not vitally important, and could hardly be 

 obtained in a locality which must be as near to the 

 city as this institution should be, in order that ani- 

 mals might be led or cheaply transported to and 

 fro, and that patrons might find it easily, quickly, 

 and cheaply accessible — for this establishment 

 would exist for the poor rather than for the rich. 



The procuring of supplies, in such a case, would 

 be as inexpensive by purchase as by production. 

 Nearness to the city would mean that land in any 

 quantity would be expensive to acquire, and forage 



