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mirably connected, that we feel we should weaken the argument by 
making any quotation : we trust that every member of the pro- 
fession will read it for himself. 
Pass we on to the next part of the Essay on “ The Usefulness 
and good Qualities of the Inferior Animals.” — Here the reader will 
find much to divert, interest, and instruct him. “ The beautiful 
adaptation of each to the precise situation which he occupies !” — the 
anecdotes, incidents, and relative arguments deduced, prove in an 
expressive manner, if proof were wanted, the author’s position, that 
“ All are but parts of one stupendous whole.” “ Each is inde- 
pendent of the others, and yet linked with his fellows. Each 
possesses memory and reason. Each is capable of acquiring know- 
ledge from experience, and of devising means for the accomplish- 
ment of particular ends. Each is perfect in the station in which he 
is placed, and, possessing this degree of knowledge, perfect so far 
as that animal is concerned ; consequently he has a claim on our 
kindness, and deserves not ill-usage and cruelty. Every animal — 
the horse, the dog, the ox, the sheep, the wasp, and the bee — is per- 
fect in its kind ; and there are certain faculties belonging to each 
of them which would laugh our boasted intellect to scorn.” — P. 63. 
Truly did the poet exclaim, when he looked round on the face of 
creation, 
“ Where all is form’d 
With number, weight, and measure ! all design’d 
For some great end! where not alone the plant 
Of stately growth ; the herb of glorious hue, 
Or foodful substance ; not the labouring steed, 
The herd, and flock that feeds us ; not the mine 
That yields us stores for elegance and use ; 
The sea, that loads our tables, and conveys 
The wanderer man from clime to clime ; with all 
Those rolling spheres, that from on high shed down 
Their kindly influence : not these alone, 
Which strike ev’n eyes incurious, but each moss, 
Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank 
Important in the plan of Him who framed 
This scale of beings ; hold a rank, which lost 
Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap 
Which Nature’s self would rue.” 
But we are taking up much space with what, to some readers, 
will be thought dull and uninteresting. We might add more; but the 
next division of the subject “ on the Application of the Principle of 
Humanity to the Treatment of Animals,” presents many facts which 
cannot fail to interest the veterinary surgeon, and many a hint 
may we find for our profit. Take the following as a sample: 
“ A horse, almost thorough-bred, was sent to Lockley’s tan yard — 
the Scotch knacker’s yard, in Edinburgh. He was dreadfully 
lame, and had been condemned by his medical attendant. The 
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