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THE COMMON HORSE. 



the inhabitants as beef*. Dr. Anderson has strongly 

 recommended the fattening of Horses for food, 

 even in Great Britain, instead of cattle, and urges 

 his recommendation by declaring, that horse-flesh 

 is superior, in delicacy of flavour, to beeff ! 



The hair of the Horse is applied to several useful 

 purposes. The long hair of the tail is employed 

 for making sieves, fishing lines, and the bows of 

 musical instruments; whilst the short hair is used 

 in stuffing saddles and mattresses: the hatter even 

 puts it into his coarse felt. The skin, after it is 

 tanned, is made into collars, traces, and other parts 

 of harness; and frequently, under the name of 

 fctirdovan, into shoes. 







In Wales, the male of the present species is called 

 inarch or ceffyl; and the female casseg: in France, 

 cheval, and cavale or jument: in Italy, cavallo, and 

 cavalla : in Spain, cavallo or caballo, and yegua : in 

 Portugal, cavallo and egoa: in Germany, pferd or 

 ross, and stut or motsch : in Holland, paerd or hengst, 

 andmerrie: in Sweden, hcest, and stood: in Den- 

 mark, hcest, oeg, or hingst, and stod-hcest, or hoppe : 

 in Russia, .Icon, and loschacL 



* Dampier's Voyages, ii. p. 30. 



f Anderson's Essays relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 

 iii. p. 548. 



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