Class I. HORSE. 



rabble; the few that appeared under the banners 

 of Elizabeth, a corps well formed, and fuch as 

 might be oppofed to fo formidable an enemy as 

 was then expected : but fuch is their prefent in- 

 creafe, that in the late war, the number employ- 

 ed was 13,575-, and fuch is our improvement in 

 the breed of horfes, that mod of thofe which are 

 ufed in our waggons and carriages * of different 

 kinds, might be applied to the fame purpofe : of 

 thofe, our capital alone employs near 22,000. 



The learned M. de Buffon has almoft exhaufled 

 the fubjed of the natural hiftory of the horfe, and 

 the other domeftic animals •, and left very little for 

 after writers to add. We may obferve, that this 

 mod noble and ufeful quadruped is endowed with 

 every quality that can make it fubfervient to the 

 ufes of mankind ; and thofe qualities appear in a 

 more exalted, or in a lefs degree, in proportion to 

 our various neceflities. 



Undaunted courage, added to a docility half 

 reafoning, is given to fome, which fits them for 

 military fervices. The fpirit and emulation fo ap- 

 parent in others, furniih us with that fpecies, 

 which is admirably adapted for the courfe; or, the 

 more noble and generous pleafure of the chace. 



Patience and perfeverance appear flrongly in 

 that moft ufeful kind deftined to bear the burdens 



* It may be alfo obferved, that the ufe of coaches was not 

 introduced into England till the year 1564. 



we 



