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if large, they are very much out of form. 

 I never saw a black dray-horse, all the 

 time I was in the country : neither do I 

 think our heavy dray-horses could exist in 

 the hot weather of that climate. Even if 

 that were not the case, they would di- 

 minish in size, from the poverty of the 

 soil, as large animals of no kind will keep 

 their size long on very barren soils, but 

 at very heavy expences. They have 

 very few poneys, and not many of 

 the coach -horse kind. The Dutch 

 farmers make use of a sort of ill-shaped 

 large clumsey horse, although they bear 

 the name of fine horses there. They in 

 general have them very fat ; which, to in- 

 different judges, covers many faults. This 

 is one reason why I so much approve the 

 practice of feeding horses with rye flour 

 and chopped straw, which is the Dutch- 

 man's manner of feeding his horses. The 

 best food I ever saw or tried, is rye flour, 

 carefully mixed with straw chopped about 

 one inch long. The straw must be made 



