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ccived. Of thefe equeftrian Quixotes, nature 

 has been fo exceedingly liberal, that we find 

 numbers, who, when their fteed is brought 

 out of the ftable, whether in high or low con- 

 dition, fee or not fee, fwelled legs, crackei 

 heels, fhoes or no foes, his carcafe expanded 

 to its utmoft extent, or contracSed to a degree 

 of unprecedented poverty, mount him with 

 equal unconcern, and go through their jour- 

 ney, long or ihort, as prompted by neceffity 

 or inclination, without a iingle refledliori 

 upon the wants or weakneffes of the animal, 

 unluckily deftined to receive the honour of 

 fo humane an appendage. 



In fuch unaccountable flate of negh'gencc 

 ftands many a valuable horfe furrounded with 

 an accumulation of ills and hourly promotion 

 of mifery from one week's end to another, 

 and never enjoys the favour (if I may fo term 

 k) of his mafter's ptefence but of a Sunday 

 morning; when making the expeditious tour 

 of Riclwiond, Hampton Court, Windfor, or 

 fome other of the fafhionable excurfions, he 

 is configned to his ufual hebdomadal dark 

 abode of inadivity, to enjoy a profufion of 



hay. 



