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Abernethy, Mr., denounced vivisectors, 75
Acts of Parliament against cruelty to animals, 33
Addison quoted, 17
Anæsthetics, discovery of, 77 ; use of in vivisection, 72
"Animal World," the, 65
Animals, anecdotes of, 19 ; fidelity of, 27 ; intelligence of, 25 ; rights of, 10 15

Barclay, Dr., of Edinburgh, on the fallacies of vivisection, 80
Bearing-reins, 40
Béclard's "Physiology," 84
Bell, Sir Charles, his discoveries not due to vivisection, 79 ; his testimony against it, 80
Bentham, Jeremy, on rights of animals 09
Bernard, M., his laboratory, 74
Bianconi, Mr., on working his cars six days or seven a week, 43
Bible, various precepts in, and motives from, 15, 16, 17
Bishop of Peterborough's defence of vivisection, 77
Bouillaud, M., of Paris, his experiments, 69
Brachet, M., his experiments, 68
British Association for the Advancement of Science, 91
Brutal sports, 44
Burdett-Coutts, The Baroness, 64
Butler, Bishop, quoted, 30

Carpenter, Professor, quoted, 83
Cattle, slaughtering of, 34
Cattle, transit of, by rail, road, and sea,32
Calves, cruel treatment of, 34
Celsus quoted, 66, 67
Chalmers, Rev. Dr., humanity as part of Christian ethics, 10
Cock-fighting, 43
Colam, Mr., Sec. of R.S.P.C.A., 52
Colin, M., his experiments, 81
Comparative Anatomy more instructive than vivisection, 83
Coursing, 45
Cowper quoted, 15, 23, 29, 58, 92
Cuvier, Baron, quoted, 83

Dogs, anecdotes of, 25-29
Drinking-troughs, 65

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Elizabeth, Queen, days of, 46
Elliotson, Dr., 69
Erskine, Lord, man's right a delegated trust, 14

Fallacies of vivisection, 81
Fergusson, Sir William, evidence in the Norwich case, 85
Field sports discussed, 46
Fleming, Mr., on management of horses, 41; his work on horse-shoeing, 41
Fletcher, Dr., of Edinburgh, 75
Fox-hunters, 47
Freeman, Mr., on field sports, 45
French schoolmaster, 61 ; schools of vivisection, 74, 89

"Handbook of the Physiological Laboratory," 73
Hare-hunting, 45
Harness, improper, 39
Harvey, discovery of circulation of the blood, 78
Helps, Sir Arthur, quoted, 91
Hogarth's "Four Stages of Cruelty," 59 ; noble testimony of, 63
Hogg, James, Ettrick Shepherd, his dogs, 24
Hoggan, Dr., description of a vivisection class, 73
Horses, ill-treatment of, 39
Hurlingham pigeon matches, 44

Infant school lessons, 59
Instinct, anecdotes of, 17 ; definitions of, 18 ; relation to reason, 21

Jewish laws on humanity to animals, 12
Johnson, Dr., quoted. 18, 67
Jubilee Meeting of R.S.P.C.A 52

Kirby and Spence's "Entomology,"18

Ladies' Committee of R.S.P.C.A., 64
Landseer, Sir Edwin, 26
Legallois, M., testimony on inutility of vivisection, 81
Legislation on cruelty to animals, history and progress of, 50
"Leisure Hour" natural history anecdotes, 19

Magendie, M., his experiments, 75
Magnan, M., his experiments, 85
Markham, Dr., 71
Martin, Richard, M.P. for Galway. 50
Martin's Act, 51

Napier, Sir Charles, on sporting, 47
Natural History, study of, in schools recommended, 60, 64
Norwich prosecution,85

Owen, Professor, on the cruelty of repeating experiments, 76

Pathology more instructive than vivisection, 84
"Physiological Laboratories," 72-74
Poultry, cruel treatment of, 36
Pritchard, Dr., on inutility of vivisection, 82
Prosecutors and witnesses, hints to,54

Rights of animals, 09

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Roman amphitheatre, sports of, 08

Sabbath, right of animals to rest on, 42
School training, 62
Scott, Sir Walter, quoted, 28
Seal-hunting described, 37
Shakespeare quoted, 62
Smith, T. H. Pye, 87
Society, Royal, for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, history and operations of, 52 ; branch societies, 55
Sparrow Clubs, 58
Syme, Professor,89

Taylor, Dr. C. Bell's, protest against vivisection, 87-90

Victoria, Queen, progress in reign of, 86 ; early patronage of R.S.P.C. A., 53
Vivisection in French veterinary colleges, 89 ; in London schools, 72 ; fallacies of, 81 ; inutility of, 90 ; moral effects of, 89, 91
Vivisection Act, 86

Watson, Sir Thomas, 89
Wilberforce, William, 51
Wild animals, 57
Wilson, Dr. George, on the responsibility of man, 10 ; life of Dr. John Reid, 74
Windham, Mr., M.P., defending bull-baiting and other brutal sports, 46

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The following list of passages of Scripture may be useful to teachers or parents, in giving instruction to the young on subjects bearing on humanity to animals :

Genesis viii. 1 ix. 02, 03, 8-17 xxiv. 31, 32 xxxiii. 13, 14, 17
Exodus xx. 8-10 xxiii. 05, 12
Numbers xxii. 32
Deuteronomy v. 14 xxii. 04, 06, 07, 10 xxv. 04
2 Samuel xii. 1-6 xxii. 26
Book of job xii. 7-10 xxx. 1 xxxv. 11 xxxviii. 41 xxxix.
Psalms viii. 6*8 xviii. 25 xxxvi. 06 l. 10-12 civ. 14, 24-29 cxlv. 09, 15, 16
Psalms cxlvii. 7-9
Proverbs iii. 03, 04 vi. 16, 17 xi. 17 xii. 10 xxxi. 08
Ecclesiastes iii. 19-21
Isaiah xl. 11
Jeremiah viii. 07 xii. 04
Jonah iv. 11
Micah vi. 08
Matthew v. 07 vi. 26 x. 29
Luke vi. 36 xii. 06, 24 xiii. 15
John x. 11-16
Romans i. 31 viii. 22
Colossians iii. 12
James ii. 13

Dr. James Macaulay, Plea for Mercy to Animals [First Edition: London, 1875] 2nd ed. (London, 1881; Online at Animal Rights History, 2003).

Plea for Mercy to Animals

I. Claims of the Lower Animals to Humane Treatment from Man

II. Various Forms of Needless Suffering Inflicted by Man

III. Means of Prevention, Legal and Educational

V. Vivisection, and Experiments on Living Animals

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