iv. PREFACE. 
chapter, or on the same page. The repetitions which this plan would other- 
wise involve are avoided by suitable cross-references, an arrangement which 
has materially reduced the size of the volume, without producing poverty 
of information. 
The author has acted upon the broad principle that many good men 
know more than one man, and has freely drawn upon a long list of the 
highest authorities, notably, Lord, Rush, Mayhew, “Stonehenge,” Law, 
Harris, and Martin, the works of Lord and Rush being the basis of the 
treatment of the horse, ox and sheep. 
The publishers confidently claim a more popular style of language than 
has been heretofore attained in any similar publication, and a happier adapt- 
ability to the wants of the non-professional practitioner. 
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