Class I. H O R S E. 3 



Arabia -, the feat of the purefl:, and mofl generous 

 breed. * 



The fpecies ufed in hunting, is a happy com- 

 bination of the former with others fupcrior in 

 ftrength, but inferior in point of fpeed and line- 

 age : an union of both is neceflary -, for the fa- 

 tigues of the chace muft be fupported by the fpi- 

 rit of the one, as well as by the vigor of the other. 



No country can bring a parallel to the ftrength 

 and fize of our horfes deftined for the drau2;ht ; or 

 to the adtivity and ftrength united of thofe that 

 form our cavalry. 



In our capital there are inftances of fingle horfes Strengtk. 

 that are able to draw on a plain, for a fmall fpace, 

 the weight of three tuns ; but could with eafe, 

 and for a continuance draw half that weight-]-. 

 The pack-horfes of Torkfolre^ employed in convey- 

 ing the manufadlures of that county to the moft re- 

 mote parts of the kingdom, ufually carry a burden 

 of 420 pounds J and that indifferently over the 

 higheft hills of the north, as v/ell as the moft level 

 roads ; but the moft remarkable proof of the 

 ftrength of our Britijh horfes, is to be drawn from 

 that of our mill-horfes: fome of thefe will carry ac 



* For a particular account of the Arabian horfes, the reader 

 IS referred to No. I. in the Appendix to this volume. 



f Hollingjhed makes it a matter of boaft, that in his time, 

 five horfes could draw with eafe for a long journey 3ooolb, 

 weight, 



B 2 one 



