Different Breeds of Neat Cattle in Great Britain and the United States; Wild Cattle; Devonshire Breed; Sussex Breed; Hereford; Short Horned Cattle; Long Horned; Galloway Breed; Highland Breed; Welsh Breed; Alderney Breed; Va- rieties in the United States; Coke Devon Bull Holkam; Wye Comet; On buying and stocking a farm with Cattle; Of the Bull; Method of managing mischievous Bulls; of the Cow; Description of a Perfect Cow; On the Treatment and Rear- ing of Calves; Of Steers and Draught Oxen; Easy method of accustoming animals to draw; Mode of yoking in France; Of Grazing; Soiling and Stall Feeding Of Milch Kine, and of the Pasture and other Food best calculated for Cows, as it respects their Milk; Of the Management of Milk and Cream; and the Making and ON THE BREEDING, REARING, AND MANAGEMENT OF HORSES. p. 52--90. Brief History of the Horse; Different Breeds of Horses, viz. Barb; Dongola ON THE BREEDING, REARING AND MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP. p. 90-104. History of the Sheep; Synopsis of the different Breeds of Sheep in Great Bri- tain; Heath, Linton Short, or Forest Sheep; Exmoor and Dartmoor; Norfolk; CONTENTS. SECTION V. ON THE BREEDing, rearing AND FATTENING OF SWINE. p. 104–112. SECTION VI. DISEASES OF HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP AND SWINE. P. 112-135. 1. HORSES. Botts; Colic; Inflammation of the Bowels; Lampas; Bridle-sores; 2. OF CATTLE. Of Colic, or Gripes; Remedy; Of Jaundice, or Yellows; 3. OF SHEEP. Of Scab; Its remedy; Of Staggers, or Dizziness; Treatment; 4. OF SWINE. Measles; Of Mange; Of Murrain; Of Diseases of the 5. VETERINARY PHARMACOPEIA. PART VI. ART OF GARDENING, OR HORTICULTURE. p. 138-176. Of the proper Situation of Gardens; Soil; Fencing; Laying out; Hot beds; Propagation of Fruits; By Cuttings; By Slips; By Layers; By Suckers; By MANAGEMENT OF BEES. Bee; Female or Queen Bee; Males or Drones ; PART VII. ARTS OF LOCOMOTION, HEATING, VENTILATION, &c. p. 176-201. Of Steam Engines; Of Canals; Canals of Egypt; China; Italy; Russia; Origin and History of Government; Of the different Forms of Population of the American Colonies in 1701 and 1749; Settlements Colonies; Expense of the Revolutionary War; Amount of Continen sued; Loans and Grants of Money from France; Number of Tro during the Revolution; Naval Force of the United States; Adoption tution by the several States; Amount of money expended by the Unite Works of Internal Improvements; Amount of Public Debt; Bank o States; Value of Exports and Imports of the United States in 182 Exports of the United States; Troops furnished by each State during th Total Population of the Earth; Inhabitants of the Earth divided acco FAMILY ENCYCLOPEDIA ; OR COMPENDIUM OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE. PART I.-MAN. A knowledge of the various objects of nature and art is doubtless worthy the attainment of every one. An acquaintance with these objects contributes to enlarge the mind-to gratify a rational curiosityto excite admiring views of the Great Author of all things, and to prepare for a wider sphere of usefulness. Yet, it cannot be denied, that a knowledge of oneself is of higher importance still. Without self-knowledge, man must be ignorant of the true dignity of his nature, and lost to just views of the Divine wisdom and goodness, displayed in his composition. The Man, it has been well observed, is a compound existence, made up of two great parts; the Body, and the Mind, or Soul. The body was formed of the dust; but it is a frame of a most wonderful nature. parts of which it is composed-their number-their various uses-dependencies and operations, the arrangement, by which they are formed into a system-the faculties attached to it, of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and feeling-its capacity of pleasure and pain-the warnings which it is fitted to give of approaching or commencing evil-and the power which it so variously possesses of self restoration, are all wonderful, mysterious, and strongly declaratory of the skill, and benevolence of the Creator. But the Mind or Soul is of a still more wonderful nature. It is this, which emphatically gives man his pre-eminence over other beings, by which he is surrounded; and entitles him to be considered as "the lord of the creation." To the faculties of the body there is a limit; but to the immortal mind God has never said, "Thus far shalt thou go, but no further." Much as man knows, in any stage of his progress, he may know still more; and may become still more exalted and lovely. Not confined to the present system, as are other animals, he is destined to an existence, which, in point of duration, will run parallel with that of his Maker. NATURAL HISTORY, STRUCTURE. It will, therefore, naturally belong to the first part of our work, to take a view of man, considered as to his animal and intellectual nature. SECTION I. NATURAL HISTORY, STRUCTURE, &c. VARIETIES.-The human family is divided into different nations, which are scattered abroad upon the face of the earth, and exhibit several varieties of form and color. These divisions are five in number :The European, or while race-the Tartar, or Mongul-the Malay-the African, or Negro race—and the Americ in, or Copper-colored race. 1st. The European race is distinguished by the elegance of its form, and by a forehead more or less broad and prominent; indicative of a considerable portion of brain, in the front part of the skull; the skin is, however fairer; the hair and eyes lighter in color, in the more temperate climates, than towards the south. This race includes all the inhabitants of Europe, (except the Laplanders and Finns,) and the descendants of Europeans in America, and other portions of the world. It also embraces the inhabitants of the western temperate parts of Asia, as far as the river Oby, the Caspian Sea, and the Ganges, and those of the northern parts of Africa, viz. the people of Barbary, Egypt, and Abyssinia, and the Moors of Northern Africa. 2d. The Tartar or Mongul race, is characterized by a yellow skin; straight black hair; square heads; large and flat face; small and flat nose; round and prominent cheeks; and pointed chin. This variety includes all the nations in Asia, east of the Oby, Caspian, and Ganges, excepting Malacca. It embraces, also, the tribes which inhabit the frigid zones in both the eastern and western continents, including the Laplanders, Samoiedes, Ostiacs, Tunguses, Yakuts, Tschutskis, and Kamschadales of Siberia, and the Esquimaux and Greenlanders. 3d. The Malay, comprehends the inhabitants of the peninsula of Malacca, Ceylon, the Asiatic Islands, New Zealand, and Polynesia, with the exception of New Holland, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Van Dieman's land. This variety is characterized by a tawny color; black curled hair, which is soft, thick, and abundant; a prominent forehead thick, wide, and flattened nose; and moderately projecting upper jaws. 4th. The African or Negro variety, is spread over western and southern Africa. It is found, also, upon the coasts of Madagascar, and occupies New Holland, Van Dieman's Land, New Caledonia, and New Guinea. This variety is characterized by a black color; black and woolly hair; thick lips; projecting cheek bones; large and flat nose; raised chin; retreating forehead; and crooked legs. 5th. The American or copper-colored race, includes all the aboriginal inhabitants of both the Americas, except the Esquimaux and Greenlanders. This race is of a copper color, resembling that of rusty iron, or cinnamon; coarse, straight black hair; high cheek bones; and |