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Hail, I have been told, is particularly inju- 

 rious to him. 



But if thefe injuries are not eafily proved, 

 the injury he receives in point of beauty may 

 ftrenuoufly be infifled on. Few of the minu- 

 ter parts of animal-nature are more beautiful, 

 than the ear of a horfe, when it is neatly 



formed, and well fet on. The contraft of 



the lines is pleafing; the concavity, and the 

 convexity, being generally feen together in 



the natural turn of the ear, Nor is the 



proportion of the ear lefs pleafing. It is 

 contracted at the infertion, fwells in the 

 middle, and tapers to a point. The ear of no 

 animal is fo beautifully proportioned, That 

 of fome beafts, efpecially of the favage kinds, 

 as the lion, and pard, is naturally rounded, 

 and has little form. The ears of other 

 animals, as the fox, and cat, are pointed, 

 fliort, and thick. Thofe of the cow are round, 

 and heavy. The hare's, and afs's ears are 

 long, and nearly of the fame thicknefs. The 

 dog, and fwine have flapping ears. The 

 fheep, alone has ears, that can compare with 



the horfe. The ear of the horfe receives 



great beauty alfo from it's colour, as well 



as form. The ears of bay, and grey horfes 



4 are 



