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men is liberty and equality in making an 

 extraordinary noise. The foxes do not 

 break away, as with us, but dodge about, 

 somewhat like our hare* Of the red and 

 grey foxes, the only kinds I saw, the red is 

 the best for diversion, and most commonly 

 hunted. They both run very slow, com- 

 pared with the English fox. The fences, 

 which are usually five or six feet high, are 

 such as are extremely inconvenient to 

 horsemen. 



The horses in America generally leap 

 well ; they are accustomed to leap from the 

 time of foaling : as it is not at all uncom- 

 mon, if the mare foal in the night, for some 

 part of the family to ride the mare, with 

 the foal following her, from eighteen to 

 twenty miles the next day, it not being 

 customary to walk much. I think that is the 

 cause of the American horse having a sort 

 of amble : the foal, from its weak state, 

 goes pacing after the dam, and retains that 

 motion all its life. The same is the case 

 with respect to leaping : there being in ma- 

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