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ROAD HORSES 



ARE thofe in general performing the moft 

 laborious work, and many of them enjoying 

 the leaft accurate attention of any in the 

 kingdom. It is in fad: matter of furprife, 

 that a part of the fpecies conftituting the 

 very bafis and fupport of inland commerce, 

 the only means of expeditious travelling, and 

 the advantages of general convenience in bu- 

 finefs and pleafure, fliould be (o cruelly ne- 

 glected, or indifferently treated, as may be 

 plainly perceived (without the eyes of Argus) 

 in almoft every inn and a variety of private 

 Jlables in every part of England. 



Under this defcription come by much the 

 greater part of all the horfes in conftant ufe ; 

 as it includes carriage horfes of every kind, 

 roadfters, and hacks, whether of gentle- 

 men, TRADESMEN, or TRAVELLERS (com- 



monly called riders j) all which conftitute 

 an infinity, as well in the metropolis as every 

 part of the country. A very great propor- 

 tion 



