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horse, the first covering is then supposed to 

 have been effectual ; notwithstanding which, 

 the mare, in either case, is to be produced and 

 tried with the horse at the end of a second 

 eight days, when circumstances must be re- 

 gulated as at the end of the first, entirely by 

 her compliance or rejection. 



Sentiments have varied exceedingly upon 

 the little probability of a mare conceiving 

 when the act of copulation has been forcibly 

 committed without the least external display 

 of desire, and in opposition to the most vio- 

 lent exertions of the mare. However my 

 'opinion might have originally fluctuated 

 with the various representations of others 

 upon this subject, I availed myselfof an early 

 opportunity to ascertain the fact, and remove 

 any doubts that may have arisen v/ithin my 

 own mind, although the recital will not per- 

 haps render a repetition of the trial equally 

 successful in the opinion of others; yet I 

 have been since repeatedly informed the ex- 

 periment is very frequently made, and not 

 without its share of success. 



Ja the year 177^^, (residing then at Hor^ 



