THE LETTER OF MR. TAUNTON. 



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Exchange, at Norwich, more open assurances were expressed 

 than I ever heard before, of the successful adoption of my 

 plans, and of active preparations for the present winter, by the 

 erection of boxes, boiling-houses, &c. 



It is somewhat remarkable that the letter No. 3, now treated 

 with so much contempt, is one upon which I bestowed more 

 pains and expense than upon all the others put together. 

 Your readers will remember that it was headed by a repre- 

 sentation of the ground-plan and elevation of my cattle-boxes, 

 &c.,in order that the subjoined explanation might be rendered 

 more comprehensible. It is also remarkable that this letter 

 appeared in more Journals than any others of the series ; 

 that not less than 40,000 copies were circulated ; and that no 

 objection ever reached me except the one now under consi- 

 deration. 



My letters not being addressed to the superficial, but to the 

 intelligent and thoughtful reader, I should consider the ebul- 

 lition now before me unworthy of notice, except for the oppor- 

 tunity it affords of recalling No. 3 to the recollection of the 

 public. 



In order to render my replies perfectly comprehensible to 

 the reader, every quotation from Mr. Taunton's letter is given 

 in italics, as follows : — 



" Convinced of the utility of feeding animals in boxes, if such can 

 be erected at the cost which you are said to have mentioned at a pub- 

 lic meeting (30^. per box)'"' 



Whether the boxes cost thirty pounds or thirty shillings, 

 their utility is the same, except that the lower-priced have the 

 advantage of being warmer in winter and cooler in summer. 

 At the public meeting referred to, and at others also, convened 

 by advertisement, pattern boxes, erected according to the plan 

 described, and at the cost of thirty shillings each, were exhi- 

 bited. 



" The four boxes of which, in your frontispiece, you give an ele- 

 vation, are clearly not a representation of any four boxes delineated 



