2 MAY 1908, Page 14

"A MERCIFUL MAN IS MERCIFUL TO HIS BEAST." iTo run

EDITOR OF THL "SrecieTom")

SIR,—Could you kindly inform me where the words, "A merciful man is merciful to his beast," can be found ? Our Band of Mercy is erecting a cattle-trough, and we should like this inscription put on it if the author of the words could