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twenty years old. How many arrive at this age? Not one in fifty. TWi 

 most of them die under seven years of age. 



n. What A.re BarbEirities. 



Their name is legion. It is barbarous to overload or overdrive aii> 

 ^^\9 ' U) or'nQ them insufficient food and water ; to allow them to stAud 



TllK TBAM OF THK CKUBL AND IMPROVIDENT MASTER, AND THE USUAL SURROUNuINGfl 



day after day uneleaned and in filth, denying them even the poor boon of 

 rleaning themselves ; to work them during the progress of spavin or rin^ 

 hone, navicular disease, with corns, gravel, or other painful ailments of 



