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lay down; if the horfe be unruly, he is alfo 

 faftened by the hinder legs, and I have adiually 

 feen a mettlefome llallion (for fuch are all the 

 horfes here) not only faftened by the fore-legs 

 in the ufual way, but with one hind-leg faften- 

 ed, fo as to be capable only of moving forward^ 

 and the other capable only of moving backwardi 

 I have juft faid that the horfes are fo faftenecj 

 that they cannot lay down, but this the Moors 

 confider as no hardfhip j for they endeavour 

 to prevent them from it, under the notion, 

 that a horfe that lays dozvn isfick. Of their horfes, 

 however, they are very fond, and none are per- 

 mitted to be exported, except fuch as are pre- 

 fents from the Emperor. 



Travelling is very inconvenient iri Barbary ; 

 every perfon muft have a pafs, and to make the 

 road any way comfortable, an efcort is necelTary 

 both for prote(5tion and to procure provifions ; 

 befides, there are only two (hort feafons, one in 

 fpring, and one in autumn, when travelling is 

 decently pradlicable ; for in winter, the whole 

 country is deluged with rain, and in fummer, 

 the ground cracks in fuch a manner, that a 

 horfe is in danger of breaking his legs by ftep-. 

 ping into the chinks. 



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