AN INQUIRY 



INTO THE STRUCTURE AND ANIMAL CECONOMY 



HORSE. 



CHAPTER I. 



On the external Conformation. 



(considered in his relative situation in the 

 class of quadrupeds, the horse appears not to be 

 so immediately conducive to the necessary com- 

 forts of man, as those animals which furnish 

 food or raiment; but when his utility in agri- 

 culture, and in the transport of merchandise, as 

 well as the share he contributes to our ease 

 and pleasure, are viewed collectively, the horse 

 has an undoubted claim to precedence, and 

 consequently to an ample share of attention. 



B The 



