1^2 BIPEDS AND QUADKUPEDS. 



against whom the hand of every fellow man would 

 be raised, whenever opportunity presented itself ; for 

 this fact may be depended on — the boy that is per- 

 mitted to get into the habit of being cruel, unjust, 

 and arbitrary, to his pony or dog, will as a man be 

 just the same to man, where he can or dare be so. 



Those who permit servants to treat their animals 

 with cruelty, severity, or neglect, will very probably 

 call forth the animadversions of others, from the 

 merited or unmerited belief that such conduct takes 

 place with their cognisance and approval, or, at best, 

 by their negligence, or not considering it a matter 

 of sufficient consideration to cause its prevention ; 

 and further (and with some, more to the point), they 

 will in most cases suffer pecuniary loss, by the de- 

 preciation of the value of their animals. 



Those who from want of knowledge of how 

 animals should be treated will suffer in just the same 

 way, and the results of ignorance will be placed to 

 the account of want of feelings of humanity. 



Those who wantonly abuse animals, from such 

 vanity and affectation as I have mentioned, will not 



