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horfe, the ^' rft covering is then fuppofed t6 

 have been eff:fl:ual ; notwithft inding which, 

 the mare, in either cafe^ is io he produced and 

 tried with the • horfe at the end of a Jccond 

 eight days, when circumitances mufl be re- 

 gulated as at the end of the firft, entirely by 

 her comphance or rejedlion. 



Sentiments have varied exceedingly upon 

 the little probability of a mare conceiving 

 when the ad: of copulation has been forcibly 

 committed without the leafl external difplay 

 of defire, and in oppofition to the moft vio- 

 lent exertions of the mare. However my 

 opinion might have originally fludluated with 

 the various reprefentations of others upon this 

 fubjed:, I availed myfelf of an early oppor- 

 tunity to afcertain the fadt, and remove any 

 doubts that my have arifcn within my own 

 mind, although the recital \x'\\\ not perhaps 

 render a repetition of the trial equally fuccefs^ 

 ful in the opinion of others ; yet I have been 

 fince repeatedly informed, the experiment is 

 very frequently made, and not without its 

 lliare of fuccefs. 



In the year 1773, (refiding thei> at Hor- 

 E 3 fel. 



