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body, when he trots, and prevents his ftum- 

 bling. I heard a gentleman, who had travelled 

 much in the eaft, remark, that the Turkifh, 

 and Arabian horfes rarely ftumble ; which he 

 attributed, and with fome appearance of truth, 

 to their long tails. 



But whatever ufe the tail may be to the 

 horfe in attion^ it is acknowledged on all 

 hands to be of infinite ufe to him, at reft. 

 Whoever fees the horfe grazing in fummer, 

 and obferves the conftant ufe he makes of 

 his long tail in lafhing the flies from his 

 fides, muft be perfuaded, that it is a moft 

 ufeful inftrument: and muft be hurt to fee 

 him fidget a fhort dock, back, and forward, 

 with ineffectual attempts to rid himfelf of 

 fome plague, which he cannot reach. 



As to the objection againft the tail, as an 

 inftrument, which is continually gathering 

 dirt^ and lafiing it around, if there be any 

 truth in what I have already obferved, this 

 little objection difTolves itfelf; efpecially as 

 the inconvenience may with great eafe be 

 remedied, when the road is dirty, either by 

 knotting up the tail, or by tying it with a 

 leathern-ftrap. 



But 



