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be a regular thing done upon a large scale. Some individuals breed 

 considerable numbers of mules for exportation. 



Blundeville has given us the following, as leading requisites in the 

 foundation of a stud, and being grounded on true principles and com- 

 mon sense, they will never cease to be useful, whatever changeful 

 Fashion may determine. 



The Land to be dry and sound, the harder the better, provided 

 it be fertile; irregularity of surface a recommendation. Fresh springs 

 or streams, shade and shelter, either of trees or lofty and thick fences. 

 Extensive range. Sufficient number of inclosures, both for each 

 species which it is necessary to keep separate, and to prevent too great 

 a number of any being crouded together. Houses, sheds, or hovels 

 in the inclosures. Soft and sweet herbage, also the long and most 

 succulent species for the milch mares. A reserve of kept grass for 

 SHROVETIDE, to keep off the hunger-halne. A VERY liberal allow- 

 ance OF LAND IN PROPORTION TO THE STOCK, THAT THERE MAY BE, NOT 

 ONLY AN AMPLE BITE IN THE GRASS SEASON, BUT AN EQUALLY AMPLE 

 QUANTITY OF THE BEST HAY DURING THE WINTER. 



A good convenient suit of stabling and yards, will, in course, be 

 understood as standing at the head of the above. Although, where the 

 cost is not regarded, conveniences for breeding Horses may be made 

 in any part of this country, and food provided for them, and the pro- 

 duce will generally follow the breeding stock, in quality ; yet there can 

 be no doubt but the quality of the soil, and even of the air, must have 

 a certain, if not always a perceptible effect. A firm, dry, and hard 

 soil, will have a corresponding effect upon the feet, limbs, and tendon- 

 ous system of the Horses bred upon it; as will a dry, clear, and elas- 

 tic air, upon their wind, animal spirits and general habit Such are 

 the advantages enjoyed by the Horses of the mountain and the 

 desert; but those must be, and are greatly enhanced in a country 

 where abundant herbage and moderate temperature are superadded. 

 Thence the improvement in this country, of the southern Horse. Horses 

 bred in a low, moist and boggy part of the country, will indeed be 

 generally large in size, but gross, with soft expanded feet, round 



fleshy 



