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thrive in the frozen marflies of Holland, but 
even varieties are produced by crofling their 
breeds. But how fhould we think of foreign 
fpecies, who negled thofe of our own country ? 
Luxury alone has fometimes prompted the 
rich with us, to make fome flight attempts 
of this kind for the gratification of their plea- 
fures. The pheafants of China, peacocks, and 
pintadas, which began to multiply in fuch a 
manner as to encourage our attempts, far from 
having promoted any ends of utility or abun- 
dance, were foon totally negleded, after they 
had a little while ferved the purpofes of orna- 
ment and parade in the gardens of our men of 
fafhion. I have often propofed fimilar attempts ; 
and, to have executed them, I would have tra« 
verfed Holland, and brought thence all the 
fpecies naturalized to the climate ; I would 
have fought every information neceflary for 
bringing them up ; and I wouki readily have 
undertaken the tafk of infpefting and manag- 
ing thefe ufeful animals. But even for a poft 
of this nature patronage was neceflary, and 
the intereft of fome man^in place, or fome lady 
of influence, to whom perhaps it appeared 
very Angular, that a man Ihould be willing to^ 
facrifice- 
