could not fail of inspiring admiration in the breasts even of savage and 

 untutored men. Time and the improving faculties of man gradually 

 developed the various uses and qualifications of the Horse. Endowed 

 by nature with a portion of intellect, with a generous pliability of dis- 

 position and fortitude of heart, Avith vast and energetic bodily powers, 

 he was found capable of bearing a sort of social part in all the plea- 

 sures and labours of man. He was associated with his master in the 

 pleasures of the journey and the chace; he shared willingly and witli 

 ardour, in the dangers of the martial iield ; and with a sturdy prowess, 

 partook in the humble labours of cultivating the soil for mutual sub- . 

 sistence. By the most illustrious nations of either ancient or modern 

 times, the Horse has ever been esteemed of the highest w^orth and 

 consequence, and treated with a distinction and attendance befitting 

 his rank as the lirst of domestic animals, approximating in society and 

 service to hirnian nature. It is among the most savage and debased 

 tribes of men only, that the breed, condition and comforts of this noble 

 animal have been neglected. 



To ascertain the period, or even to form a probable guess on the first 

 domestication of the Horse, and determine to what nation of antiquity 

 the honour of his subjugation appertains, although sometimes attempt- 

 ed by the curious and inquisitive, has never returned any other Iruit, 

 than the labour or anmsement of the enquiry. Notwithstanding Ave 

 are convinced of the fact of his early subjugation, the date of it lies 

 concealed bej'^ond the impassable horizon of a too remote antiquity. In 

 line, it is one of those trutlis which stand not in need of proof. It is 

 sufficient, that the earliest writers, w^hose -works have reached our 

 times, describe the Horse as having been immemorially in the subjec- 

 tion and servitude of man. 



Natural historians have agreed to designate the Horse by the fol^ 

 loAving GENERIC character. 



Front teeth in the upper jaw, six parallel. 



In the lower jaw, six somewhat projecting. 



Canine teeth, one on each side, in both jaws, remote firom the 

 rest. 



Feet, with undi\ ided hoofs. 



The 



