190 STABLING. 



hai/y iitate)\ and eanc ; but, in contormity with 

 the idea of Major O'Flaherty, '* a. plentiful 

 scarcity of every thing else." 



It is impossible for any man living, who 

 I)as made these creatures, their xvants, gratis- 

 Jicatiom, perfections, and attachments, tlie 

 object of his contemplation, not to feel the 

 greatest mortification when chance or choice 

 brings him to a survey of the stables in Lon- 

 don, with all their horrid inconveniences. 

 To those totally unacquainted with the sur^ 

 perior and systematic management of stables^ 

 in general, it may all bear the appearance of 

 PROPRIETY, consequently paves no way for 

 the corrodini^ reflections of vexation and dis- 

 appointment ; but to the experienced and atr 

 tentive observer, whose sensations move in 

 direct unison w^ith the feelings of the animal 

 he bestrides, and the accommodation of whose 

 horse is held in equal estimation and reten-^ 

 tion with his own, they excite the joint emo- 

 tions of pity and surprize. 



Horses, in general, produced from stables 

 of this description, all bear the appearance of 



