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ing to an age far more remote than many of his present cotem- 
poraries ; and we therefore consider ourselves justified in coming 
to the conclusion, that he was the first animal belonging to our 
domesticated mammalia that was created. 
One striking feature in the events that we have passed in re- 
view before us — and our observations have extended over a period 
of vast duration — is, that forms of life prevailed which gradually 
became extinct, and were succeeded by others, some of which 
also passed away ; and if we were to go still further back, and 
trace the varying types of being from the earliest ages — from the 
trilobite to the whale, and from the iguanadon to the elephant — 
we should find a gradual approach to the present condition of 
organic existence, the grand line of separation between the pre- 
sent and the past being the human race. From this period, in 
proportion as man has extended his domain over the earth, many 
races of animals have been either exterminated or modified by 
his caprices or necessities. 
[To be continued.] 
PLEURO-PNEUMONY AND RUPTURED STOMACH. 
By Mr . W. A. Cartwright, Whitchurch , Salop. 
About 11 a.m. on Sunday, the 24th of May, 1841, I was 
summoned to attend a valuable travelling stallion, called Boli- 
var. It appears that the previous Friday and Saturday were 
very wet, and he was out on those days a great deal. On the 
Saturday night he did not feed very well. On the next morn- 
ing he started for this town, but, after having gone a distance of 
seven miles, he was found to be very ill — indeed, the man had 
difficulty in getting him so far, as he walked very badly, had 
not his usual vivacity, and his respiration was considerably in- 
creased. Three quarts of blood were taken from him. After a 
time he proceeded on his journey, a distance of two miles and a 
half more, and arrived here between ten and eleven o’clock. 
Symptoms . — Those affecting the air-passages, viz. increased 
respiration — legs and ears cold — a cough — and evident distress. 
The weather being very hot, and the horse tired and recently 
bled, I waited in expectation of his getting a little better; but 
when, although night was come on, and the air much cooler, he 
got no better, I abstracted six quarts of blood from him, gave 
him some aperient febrifuge medicine, and blistered his throat. 
I had given him a febrifuge ball as soon as he came in. 
Monday, 25th . — He was more composed in his breathing, but 
