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ditferently: In none of them are concen-_

trated all the most estimable qualities of its

kind. A particular sort may possess pro-— perties in a certain view valuable; yet tigges

may be associated with others that render it, on the whole, un deserving of preference, It may have a good form, and be of an eligible size, and yet may be deficient in hardiness—may be unable to endure great cold, or occasional scarcity of food: ORSHE may mature quickly, with good keep and appropriate treatment, and in such circum- stances be preferable to any other, but may still prove inferior in value to some, which, though they may grow more slowly, are yet more inured to the hardships, the coarse fare and inclemency of poor and exposed situations.

Without attending, then, to the combin- ations of peculiar qualities in the different sorts, as well as to the more general dis- tinctions of form and size Which mark them, it may happen, that, for the sake of one or more good properties, husbandmen may introduce among their own stock some sreater detects than what they meant to