'^0^ Epcperlmatts of the Baron Mimchaufefu Nov. 



been one of thefe very rare phenomena which are exclufively 

 manifefted to myfelf alone. I truft, however, none of your read- 

 ers will entertain the fmallefl: doubt of the truth of my Talicotian 

 experiment, which appears fo confonant to the whole analogy of 

 nature. If they do, I can only fay, they may fatisfy themfeves 

 by examining; my parks of Culypfo, in the land of Utopia •, 

 where they will find horfcs in all the ftages of their (heep-ikin 

 invediture •, where alfo they will find cows more or lefs clothed 

 with hogs-fkin; a practice, which, if prevalent, might render 

 your idand lefs dependent than at prefent upon the Continent for 

 boss briftles. 



Befides the augmentation of the quantity of coarfe wool, a num- 

 ber of economical advantages might be itated, as refulting from 

 the Talicotian practice. As, firjly that we would have no far- 

 ther occafion for faddles ; but might ride bare-backed, like cur 

 Scythian anceftors, without danger of galling behind. 



^econd^ Bad horfemen would no longer, for the purpofe of 

 breaking their fall, be reduced to the nagle refource of cat<:hing 

 hold of the mane ; but might flrike their talons, for a fail hold, 

 into anv part of the fleece. 



Thirds The rea£lion of the flieep-fkin producing a certain 

 degree of (heepiflinefs of nature and temperament, gelding 

 might be laid afide, as no longer neceflary to produce tamenefs. 

 Stallions might be ufed as cavalry : And, were tlie procefs 

 commenced from the ftrong-horned Linton breed of (heep, thefe 

 ram-horned ftallions might be taught to box like rams ; and to 

 charge infantry, by battering them down, in whole battalions, 

 without danger of having their impenetrably fortified heads in 

 the fmalleil degree annoyed by the pufli of the bayonet. Indeed, 

 1 am inclined to prefer very much this my mode of warlike 

 annoyance to the one*fomewhere recommended by a correfpond- 

 cnt of yours, or by fome other oeconomical projector, of training 

 bulls to gallop, after the manner of the Eall Indians and the 

 African Caffres ; becaufe it has been perfedly afcertained, that, 

 in their quarrels at pafturc, a well horned ram his ever proved 

 an overmatch for the bull; nor can it eafily be conceived what 

 force of (lability could refid an overturn from a battering-ram- 

 hcad, impinged with the prodigious mome7itum refulting from 

 the fo much fuperior velocity, joined to the fo much fupefio'r 

 weight of body of the horfe. You fhall foon hear from me 

 again. 



Vale. . 



Munchausen. 



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