4 HORSE. Class I. 



one load thirteen meafures, which at a moderate 

 computation of 70 pounds each, will amount to 

 910; a weight iuperior to that which the lefTer fort 

 of camels will bear : this will appear lefs furprifing, 

 as thele horfes are by degrees accu domed to the 

 weight ; and the diftance they travel no greater 

 than to and from the adjacent hamlets. 

 British Qut cavalrv in the late campaigns, (when they 



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had opportunity) fhewed over thofe of our allies, 

 as well as of the French^ a great fuperiority both 

 of llrength and adlivity : the enemy vv^as broken 

 through by the impetuous charge of our fquadrons; 

 while the German horfes, from their great weight, 

 and inadlive make, were unable to fecond our ef- 

 forts ; though thofe troops were aduated by the 

 nobleft ardor. 

 Antient, The prefent cavalry ofthisifland only fupports 

 its antient glory ; it was eminent in the earlieft 

 times : our fcythed * chariots, and the adivity + 

 and good difcipline of our horfes, even ftruck ter- 

 ror into Cafar\ legions : and the Britains^ as foon 

 as they became civilized enough to coin, took care 

 to reprefent on their money the animal for which 

 they were fo celebrated. It is now impoflible to 

 trace out this fpecies -, for thofe which exift among 

 the indigent of Great Britain^ fuch as the little 



* Couinos voc^Rt, quorum falcatis axibus utuntur. Pomp, 

 Mela, lib. iii. c. 6. 



t Cafar. Ccm. lib, iv. Strabo, lib. iv. 



horfes 



