to expose to perish all deformed or misshapen children ; a cruel and 
heathen practice, which was nevertheless a mighty engine in rearing 
up a nation of physical power. 
I have elsewhere alluded to the arbitary enactment of Henry VII 
and VIII, empowering local magistrates to put to death all mares 
beneath a certain standard. A more merciful and enlightened po¬ 
licy should be the characteristic of an age where civilization is 
making such rapid advances. 
I must now conclude with apologizing for the length to which 
my interest in the subject has induced me trespass on the pages of 
your Journal. “ In every work regard the writer’s endand in 
these pages my aim has been to raise and uphold our national su¬ 
periority in a branch of art which is of interest to all; I will, there¬ 
fore, only add from Camerarius a quaint description of all the per¬ 
fections of which a horse should be possessed. 
It should have three parts like those of a woman : the breast 
must be broad, the hips round, and the mane long. It must in three 
things resemble a lion : its countenance must be fierce, its courage 
must be great, and its fury irresistible. It must have three things 
belonging to a sheep : the nose, gentleness, and patience. It must 
have three of a deer—head, leg, and skin. It must have three of a 
wolf—throat, neck, and hearing. It must have three of a fox— 
ear, tail, and trot. Three of a serpent—memory, sight, and flexi¬ 
bility. And, lastly, three of a hare—running, walking, and perse¬ 
verance. 
A DIFFICULT CASE OF PARTURITION IN A MARE, 
AND ONE OF (ESOPHAGOTOMY IN AN ASS. 
By Mr. T. Harslot, of Cooladangan, Arklow. 
On the 15th April, 1837, I was called to attend a mare belong¬ 
ing to Mr. John Doyle, of Ballymonis Rathdrum, county of Wick¬ 
low. She had been ill three days previous to my seeing her. 
She was suddenly taken ill while at plough, and was within three 
weeks of foaling. A smith was first sent for, who said that she 
was bad with cholic, or something worse, and he could do nothing 
for her. When I arrived, I found that they were labour pains 
under which she was suffering, and that she would soon foal. I 
thought it right, as she was so long before her time, and seemed 
to suffer so much, to examine the state of the uterus; and I found 
the two foreffeet presenting, with one hind leg thrown across 
them, under the breast; and every effort made by nature to expel 
the foetus threatening the laceration of the uterus. I also ascer- 
