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£el, near Cobham, in Surrey,) I intended 

 covering two mares, by Woodcock, half-bro- 

 ther to Edipfe, that then remained at Eg- 

 ham, for the feafon ; one of the mares took 

 the horfe, without reludance, the other re- 

 jected him with the greateft violence ; at the 

 expiration of time before-mentioned, they 

 were again offered the horfe and both rtfufed. 

 On the ninth day I made the fame jour- 

 ney with the fame fuccefs, and then con- 

 cluded the mare that had been covered to be 

 perfectly fafe ; determined, however, to make 

 BO more journies of uncertainty upon the bu- 

 finefs, I aflvcd Townshend, the owner of 

 the horfe, if he had any objedion to let the 

 horfe cover the mare compulfively, upon 

 condition fhe was fo completely trammeled as 

 not to injure the horfe ? This being readily 

 agreed to on his part, and the mare Jlrongly 

 hobbled, the horfe was brought out, and be- 

 ing luckily very felh, full of vigour, and 

 eager as flie was reluctant, the leap was ob- 

 tained with much lefs difficulty than could 

 be poffibly expecfted : at the end of the 

 eight days I again attended with the mare, 

 and found fhe rejed:ed the horfe with more 

 inveteracy than in any of my former journies. 



I now 



