Excerpt from A Philosophical and Practical Treatise on Horses, and on the Moral Duties of Man Towards the Brute Creation, Vol. 2There is a certain proportion of the enjoy ments of life due, not only to the labouring clalfes of mankind, but even to the beafis them felves, which are engaged in the fervice of man and' whoever unfeelingly wears out thefe; laft, as he does the foles he treads upon, with um merciful and incelfant toils, withholding from them that degree of repofe neceltary to their comfort, and the cheerful performance of their labour, commits great and crying injul'tice', whatever brute and favage c'ullom may urge in his behoof.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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