but he will not bear to be left alone in a strange 

 stable without discovering the utmost impatience, 

 and endeavouring to break the rack and manger with 

 his fore-feet. He has been known to leap out at 

 a stable-window, through which dung was thrown, 

 after company ; and yet in other respects is remark- 

 ably quiet. Oxen and cows will not fatten by them- 

 selves : but will neglect the finest pasture that is not 

 recommended by society. It would be needless to 

 add instances in sheep, which constantly flock to- 

 gether. 



But this propensity seems not to be confined to 

 animals of the same species ; for we know a doe, still 

 alive, that was brought up from a little fawn with a 

 dairy of cows ; with them it goes a-field, and with 

 them it returns to the yard. The dogs of the house 

 take no notice of this deer, being used to her ; but, 

 if strange dogs come by, a chase ensues ; while the 

 master smiles to see his favourite securely leading 

 her pursuers over hedge, or gate, or stile, till she 

 returns to the cows, who, with fierce lowings and 

 menacing horns, drive the assailants quite out of the 

 pasture. 



Even great disparity of kind and size does not 

 always prevent social advances and mutual fellow- 

 ship. For a very intelligent and observant person 

 has assured me that, in the former part of his life, 

 keeping but one horse, he happened also on a time 

 to have but one solitary hen. These two incongru- 



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