Deadly Adulteration and Slow Poisoning Unmasked: Disease and Death in the Pot and BottleAnonymous
Science
Deadly Adulteration and Slow Poisoning Unmasked: Disease and Death in the Pot and Bottle
Anonymous
Drug adulteration; Food adulteration and inspection
_Beautifully printed in 4to. embellished with Forty highly-finished
Copper-Plate Engravings, and numerous Wood-Cuts, Part I. and II. price
5s. each, of_
THE SPORTSMAN’S REPOSITORY, comprising a Series of highly-finished
Engravings, representing the Horse and the Dog, in all their Varieties,
accompanied with a Comprehensive Historical and Systematic Description
of the different Species of each, their appropriate uses, Management,
Improvement, &c.; interspersed with interesting Anecdotes of the most
celebrated Horses and Dogs, and their owners; likewise a great Variety
of Practical Information on Training, and the Amusements of the Field.
By the Author of “British Field-Sports.”
It would be difficult to imagine any selection from the great
storehouse of Nature more likely to merit general attention, or to
excite general interest, than the one to which we now invite Public
Notice. Of all the animals in Creation, (with the exception of those
which minister to our carnivorous appetites,) it would be impossible
to name two which are so intimately associated with our wants, our
pleasures, and our attachments, as the HORSE and the DOG. To the former
we are indebted for the power of transporting ourselves from place
to place, with speed and comfort, and for the means of participating
in the manly and healthful Sports of the Field; while the labours of
Agriculture, and the pursuits of Commerce, are no less indebted to it
for increased activity and productiveness.
But it is not on this ground alone that it aspires to patronage. It
takes a wider range, and, by including in its design, the history, the
qualities, and the different breeds of the DOG—that half-reasoning
friend and companion of man—it enlarges its claims to general
reception. Who is there that has not, at some period of his life,
acknowledged the influence of an attachment between himself and his
dog? Who is there that does not recognize in this faithful, vigilant,
sagacious, humble, and silent friend, the possessor of qualities, which
are not always to be found in the human and more talkative friend?
It is only necessary further to observe, that the literary execution
and graphic embellishment of this work are not unworthy of the subjects
delineated. With respect to the latter, the Proprietors confidently
anticipate that the names of the Artists employed are a sufficient
guarantee; while the former is the production of an experienced
Sportsman.
_The following are the Subjects of the Plates which embellish the
Sportsman’s Repository_:—
_Horses._
1.—GODOLPHIN ARABIAN, the Property of Lord Godolphin.
2.—ARABIAN, the Property of the Right Hon. Henry Wellesley.
3.—ECLIPSE and SHAKSPEARE, two celebrated Racers.
4.—KING HEROD and FLYING CHILDERS, the Property of the Duke of
Devonshire.
5.—STALLION, _Jupiter_, the Property of Lieut.-Col. Thornton.
6.—CHARGER, the Property of Major-General Warde.
7.—HUNTER, _Duncombe_, the Property of George Treacher, Esq.
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