Note 207-3 — Chapter I
John J. (John Joseph) Lalor translation
In Germany horses are said to last, on an average, 18 years; in England 25; in France and Belgium, only 12 years. (See for the proofs of this Rau, Handbuch II, § 168.) The more civilized a people are, the less do they completely destroy values by use; and the more do they use their old linen, etc. as rags; their remains of food as manure, etc. (Roesler, Grunds., 552.)