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of having only a single breed, in a greatly diversified country, such as Britain, must be restricted merely to what relates to the general form of the stock. Probably the very attempt to render the whole alike in other particulars, would not only prove as abortive as it seems unnatural, but might be attended with mischief. It might pro- duce a mediocrity, not of size only, but of character otherwise, which the most indis- criminate and unskilful breeding only could rival. It would likely soon furnish that deplorable display of ignorance and imper- fection in husbandry, which the rudest districts exhibit, where science atfords no light, and art no useful result.

2.—* Crossing, or breeding with animals of a different family, or character.

‘It has been already observed, that the power to prepare the greatest quantity of nourishment, from a given quantity of food, depends principally on the magnitude of the lungs, to which the organs of digestion are

subservient.