be far from the wish of these discerning and meritorious gentlemen to raise the size; but were the enlargement of the animal the natural consequence of its receiving plenty of rich provision in early life, the effect would take place in spite of their wishes. The truth is, early pam- pering in the case of the lower animals, not otherwise than with the human race, occasions a delicacy of constitution, pre- vents the bones, and consequently the whole animal, from becoming coarse and large, and induces in early life the habit and appearance of old age; which consists inaset, square make, anda disposition more or less to turn fat. The late Mr. Charles Chaplin’s sheep, of the large Lincolnshire sort, by care in selecting the best, and by being put on drier and more fertile pas- tures than their progenitors were accus- tomed to, have become of a small size, fine bone, and delicate constitution, and in rapidity of growth and other respects, ap- proach to the character of the improved Leiscestershire breed.—The chief art in improving a breed, so far as the food is

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