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foot the scarcely-touched blade springs up again un- 

 injured. 



I in no shape wish this essay on " Biped and Quad- 

 ruped" to be held as advocating that of kindness to 

 the horse alone. I will show I have as strongly 

 urged it towards that useful and usually harmless 

 animal, the cow. Her life, while it lasts, is usually 

 subject to less annoyance or injury, and more peace 

 and comfort than any other large domestic animal 

 that we appropriate to our use. I mention her, to 

 bring forward an instance where want of knowledge 

 of what is proper for an animal, produced beyond all 

 doubt much suffering. A relative of my own, as 

 kind-hearted a man as ever lived, a most kind and 

 considerate master to servants, his horses, dogs, and, 

 as he believed, to all animals, kept two cows for the 

 use of the family. He would almost dread a colder 

 wind than usual blowing on his hunter, though he 

 braved it in his own person ; he would have got out 

 of his bed had he heard one of his dogs howl in the 

 night, if he had been left exposed to its inclemency. 

 Yet would he allow, for he did, his cows to shiver 



