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08 till the period of their full growth has arrived, and perhaps, in sundry cases, not even till this has been some time over: Still in. both sorts, and in all animals, a very considerable change in this respect takes place with their age. At an advanced period, if the food which the animal re- ceives, shall prove, in point either of quantity or of quality, nothing morethan barely suf- ficient to support it, there will not arise any tendency to fatness, and indeed this cannot be expected in such a case; but if food be supplied in plenty, and be at the

same time considerably nutritious, espe-—

cially if it be much more so than what the animal had been accustomed to, then such a condition will take place.

If food very nutritious be supplied to any animal in a growing state, it may probably, for a time, cause its growth to proceed quickly; but if the feeding be urged so far as to induce a state of fatness, the growth or enlargement of the animal will not pro- ceed at the same rate: And the opinion seems to be just, that, in such a case, though it may grow more quickly, for

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