gjg TRAINING OP ANIMALS, &C. 



"foft meat ? When fhould they be put on hard meat ? What are 

 the effedls thereof? Is it neceflary to purge them frequently > 

 Have the purges any tendency to weaken them ? What food 

 is reckoned the moft nourifliing? How often are they fed ? 

 What drinks are given them, and how often ? Whether hot 

 or cold ? Is it neceffary to keep their (kin perfeftly clean, 

 and how ? Is it neceffary to make them perfpire much ? What 

 exercife is given them ? How is the (raining complieted? 



3. After the training is completed, can the perfedions 

 thereby obtained be eafily kept up? Does the procefs effect 

 merely a temporary change, or does it laft during life ? Are 

 running horfes as long lived as others, or do they foon wear 

 out? 



' 3. Game-Cocks. 



Game-eocks. ^- Does the fuperiorily of game-cocks depend upon pa- 



rentage ? Which is of moft importance, the male or the 

 female? Is it of any confequence that the cock Aiould arrive 

 rather gradually at maturity ? Is there a great difference, in 

 point of ftrength and confiitution, in game cocks of the fame 

 parentage ? Do you prefer great or fmall bones ? 



2. When do you begin to feed the young cocks? What 

 diet and drink do you give them, and what is the procefs by 

 which they are brought to the greateft poflible height of 

 Hrenglh and fpirit ? 



3. When the game-cocks are thus trained, how long do 

 the effeds thereof laft? Are they temporary or permanent? 

 Do game-cocks thus trained live fliorter or longer than others 

 of the fame fpecies ? 



4. What drugs are given to fighting-cocks immediately 

 before the main begins? Is it not ufual, by giving them 

 fafFron, (or fome drug which has the fame effect with opium, 

 as ufed among the Janifaries, or brandy among liie French 

 foldiery,) to excite an unnatural and fliort-lived courage ? 



'What are the effeds of fuch drugs ? and how do they manage 

 the feeding up to this point, (o as to take advantage of this 

 momentary excitement ? 



IX. On 



