iv。，whoaccuratelysurveyedtheChineseTartary；andthathonestandintelligenttraveller，Bell，ofAntermony，twovolumesin4to。Glasgow，1763。

　　Note:OfthevariousworkspublishedsincethetimeofGibbon，whichthrowfightonthenomadicpopulationofCentralAsia，maybeparticularlyremarkedtheTravelsandDissertationsofPallas；andaboveall，theverycuriousworkofBergman，NomadischeStreifereyen。Riga，1805。—M。]

　　[Footnote8:TheUzbecksarethemostalteredfromtheirprimitivemanners；1。BytheprofessionoftheMahometanreligion；and2。BythepossessionofthecitiesandharvestsofthegreatBucharia。]

　　I。Thecorn，oreventherice，whichconstitutestheordinaryandwholesomefoodofacivilizedpeople，canbeobtainedonlybythepatienttoilofthehusbandman。Someofthehappysavages，whodwellbetweenthetropics，areplentifullynourishedbytheliberalityofnature；butintheclimatesoftheNorth，anationofshepherdsisreducedtotheirflocksandherds。Theskilfulpractitionersofthemedicalartwilldetermineiftheyareabletodeterminehowfarthetemperofthehumanmindmaybeaffectedbytheuseofanimal，orofvegetable，food；andwhetherthecommonassociationofcarniverousandcrueldeservestobeconsideredinanyotherlightthanthatofaninnocent，perhapsasalutary，prejudiceofhumanity。^9Yet，ifitbetrue，thatthesentimentofcompassionisimperceptiblyweakenedbythesightandpracticeofdomesticcruelty，wemayobserve，thatthehorridobjectswhicharedisguisedbytheartsofEuropeanrefinement，areexhibitedintheirnakedandmostdisgustingsimplicityinthetentofaTartarianshepherd。Theox，orthesheep，areslaughteredbythesamehandfromwhichtheywereaccustomedtoreceivetheirdailyfood；andthebleedinglimbsareserved，withverylittlepreparation，onthetableoftheirunfeelingmurderer。Inthemilitaryprofession，andespeciallyintheconductofanumerousarmy，theexclusiveuseofanimalfoodappearstobeproductiveofthemostsolidadvantages。Cornisabulkyandperishablecommodity；andthelargemagazines，whichareindispensablynecessaryforthesubsistenceofourtroops，mustbeslowlytransportedbythelaborofmenorhorses。Buttheflocksandherds，whichaccompanythemarchoftheTartars，affordasureandincreasingsupplyoffleshandmilk:inthefargreaterpartoftheuncultivatedwaste，thevegetationofthegrassisquickandluxuriant；andtherearefewplacessoextremelybarren，thatthehardycattleoftheNorthcannotfindsometolerablepasture。

　　Thesupplyismultipliedandprolongedbytheundistinguishingappetite，andpatientabstinence，oftheTartars。Theyindifferentlyfeedonthefleshofthoseanimalsthathavebeenkilledforthetable，orhavediedofdisease。Horseflesh，whichineveryageandcountryhasbeenproscribedbythecivilizednationsofEuropeandAsia，theydevourwithpeculiargreediness；

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