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erned by them, even when on committees to judge of the relative 

 merits of animals on exhibition, and charged to do so. We doubt 

 even their abihty to do it with anything like accuracy; and 

 as these " scales of points " are made to differ in divers breeds, 

 as they should do, they only serve to confuse, instead of sim- 

 phfy and make clear the general judgment of the whole. 

 The eye, the touch, the weight, and measurement, must, after 

 all, tell the story. 



