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be represented by a multiple of this formula, inasmuch as it 
may be found contained in the starch, properly so called, in 
variable quantity, without altering its composition. He 
thinks, further, that it serves for the formation of starch, 
which, like all organised bodies, grows by intussusception; it 
may arrive by endosmose to fill the starch-cells, and there 
undergo an isomeric change which renders it insoluble, like 
the outer and older layers of the starch-globules. For these 
reasons, he proposes to call this soluble matter amylogene. 
THE MODERN SYSTEM OF HORSE BREAKING.—DISPUTE 
AS TO THE ORIGINATOR. 
An action, for 100,000 dollars damages, has been com¬ 
menced in the Supreme Court of New York, by Denton 
Offutt, of New Orleans, against John S. Rarey, the famous 
horse-tamer,” for an alleged violation of a contract. 
Mr. Offutt claims that he is the originator of the new 
system, and that, in the year 1850, he taught it to Rarey, 
who bound himself in the penalty of 50 dollars for each case 
in which he should impart the secret to any other person; 
that he gave Rarey a book of the system, which he (Rarey) 
has since republished, and has further violated the contract by 
imparting the secret of the system to divers persons in 
Europe and in the United States. 
IMPORTATIONS OF FOREIGN STOCK. 
During the months of January and February of the pre¬ 
sent year there have been imported into England, and sold 
in metropolitan markets. 
Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs. Total. 
3124 6956 1286 27 11,993 
In the corresponding months of last year, the total im¬ 
portations amounted to 13,778, showing an excess of 3778. 
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