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sel, near Chobham, in Surrey) I intended 

 covering two mares by Woodcock, half-bro- 

 ther to EcUpse, who then remained at Eg- 

 ham for the season ; one of the mares took 

 -the horse without reluctance, the other re- 

 jected him with the greatest violence : at the 

 expiration of the time before mentioned, they 

 were again offered the horse, and both refused. 

 On the ninth day I made the same journey 

 with the same success, and then concluded 

 the mare that had been covered to be per- 

 fectly safe ; determined, how^ever, to make 

 no more journeys of uncertainty upon the 

 business, I asked Townshend, the owner of 

 the horse, if he had any objection to let the 

 horse cover the mare compulsively, upon 

 condition she was so completely trammeled 

 as not to injure the horse? This being readily 

 agreed to on his part, and the mare strongly, 

 hobbled, the horse was brought out ; and be- 

 ing luckily very fresh, full of vigour, and 

 eager as she was reluctant, the leap was ob- 

 tained with much les8 difiiculty than could 

 be possibly expected : at the end of the 

 eight days I again attended with the mare, 

 and found she rejected the horse w^ith more 

 inveteracy than in any of my former jour- 



