384 VERMIN. 23, 



The quantity of human food which is 

 annually wafted on iifelefs dogs is itfelf an 

 objedt of national attention. When the 

 horrors of canine madnefs, the wanton tor- 

 ture of innocence, and the wanton deilruc- 

 tion of one of the firft neccffaries of life arc 

 added, the objedt becomes of the firfl con- 

 cern to the nation. Who, even in thefe 

 days of Public Economy, would think ten 

 thoufand pounds a-year ill beflowed in doing 

 away fuch an accumulation of public evil ? 

 Yet who does not know that in doing it 

 away ten times ten thoufand a-year might 

 be drawn into the national treafury ! Let 

 not the patriotifm of Princes, the ability of 

 Minifters, nor the wifdom of Parliament, 

 be fpoken of in this country, wntil a na- 

 tional ABSURDITY fo glaringly obvious be 

 removed. 



There are men whom friendjJjip inclines to 

 the caufe of the dog. Far be it from me to 

 damp the flame of friendfhip. But is not the 

 lamb equally, at leaft, entitled to our friend- 

 ihip ? Who Tjcs the little innocent dragged to 

 the daughter without regret ; and who, with- 

 out 



