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THE IOUR STAGES OF CRUELTY. 53
meratc. The catalogue would fill a volume. Hu-
manity demands that the brute creation should be
protected by the legislature.
The Mosaic law, to guard against tortures be-
ing inflicted on animals which were slaughtered
for sustenance, ordained them to die by a highly-
polished and pointed instrument; if the bone was
pierced, or the beast mangled, it was deemed un-
clean, and burnt.
the bars of a slow fire; and yet these oysters, notwithstand-
ing their supposed torpor, may have an equal degree of feel-
ing with their armoured brother.
meratc. The catalogue would fill a volume. Hu-
manity demands that the brute creation should be
protected by the legislature.
The Mosaic law, to guard against tortures be-
ing inflicted on animals which were slaughtered
for sustenance, ordained them to die by a highly-
polished and pointed instrument; if the bone was
pierced, or the beast mangled, it was deemed un-
clean, and burnt.
the bars of a slow fire; and yet these oysters, notwithstand-
ing their supposed torpor, may have an equal degree of feel-
ing with their armoured brother.