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i'nftindlive ftupidity of many can never (from 

 their inexplicable want of comprehenfion) 

 be brought to underftand. Such inconfide- 

 rate obfervers might certainly improve their 

 very Jhallow judgfne?it^ by fome trifling at- 

 tention to the indications of nature in horfes 

 of any tolerable defcription, who all difplay 

 in different attitudes and by various means, 

 the gratification they enjoy in their diftindt 

 appropriations. In fad:, the animated afpedt 

 of the whole frame, the lively eye, the crefted 

 neck, the tail erecft, with the mofl fpirited 

 bodily aftion of neighing, fnorting, and cur- 

 vetting, all tend to prove the conflitutional 

 utility of exercife in length and manner 

 adapted to the fize, ftrength, make, condition, 

 and purpofe of the horfc. 



Perfedly convinced of its indifpenflible 

 neceffity to horfes of all kinds, in proportion 

 to the ufes for which they are defigned, and 

 the portion of aliment they receive, I am not 

 unfrequently very highly entertained with the 

 management of many within the extenfive 

 circle of my own acquaintance, (and thofe 

 too with inherent pride fufficient to affume 



the 



