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had once feen her, ever forgot her. Mr. 

 Powney rode her, till fhe was twenty-three, 

 or twenty-four years of age. 



The New-foreft horfe is often fuppofed to 

 be of Spanifh extraction; from anceilors, 

 imagined to have been fhip-wrecked on the 

 coafc of Hampfliire, in the time of the armada. 

 But I look on this as a fpecies of the ancient 

 vaunt, gems a Jove fummo ; and to deferve 

 as little attention. Some of them have a 

 form, which would not difgrace fo noble a 

 lineage. The grey horfe reprefented in the 

 annexed plate, is among the moil beautiful. 

 But in general, the croup of the foreft-horfe 

 is low ; and his head ill-fet on, having what 

 the jockies call a ftiff jaw. Of this defect 

 a refemblance is given in the horfe on the 

 left, whofe head is fet on, as thofe of the 

 foreft-horfes commonly are. Their claim 

 therefore to high lineage muft in general reft 

 more on their good qualities, than on their 

 beauty on the hardinefs of their nature 

 on their uncommon ftrength on their agility, 

 and furenefs of foot, which they probably 

 acquire by conftantly lifting their legs among 

 furze. 



But 



