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ramparts of the town, and extends near two English 

 miles in length, and is always kept open, is much fre- 

 quented ; and there are few who go into the garden 

 without paying a visit to the cows, which are always at 

 home. Their stables, which are concealed in a thick 

 wood behind a public coffee-house or tavern in the 

 middle of the garden, are elegantly fitted up and kept 

 with great care ; and the cows, which are not only 

 large and remarkably beautiful, but are always kept 

 perfectly clean and in the highest condition, are an 

 object of public curiosity. Those who are not partic- 

 ularly interested in the improvement of cattle go to 

 see them as beautiful and extraordinary animals ; but 

 farmers and connoisseurs go to exa^nine them, to 

 compare them with each other, and with the com- 

 mon breed of the country, and to get information with 

 respect to the manner of feeding them, and the profits 

 derived from them ; and so rapidly has the flame of 

 improvement spread throughout every part of Bavaria 

 from this small spark, that I have no doubt but in a 

 very few years the breed of horned cattle will be quite 

 changed. 



Not satisfied with the scanty supply furnished from 

 the farm in the English garden, several of the nobility, 

 and some of the most wealthy and enterprising of the 

 farmers, are sending to Switzerland, and other distant 

 countries famous for fine cattle, for cows and bulls ; and 

 the good effects of these exertions are already visible in 

 many parts of the country. 



How very easy would it be by similar means to 

 introduce a spirit of improvement in any country! 

 And where sovereigns do not make public gardens to 

 bring together a concourse of people, individuals might 



