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not the less unimpaired, the bay, the dun, the 

 dappled, the pied, and the black, still continue to 

 form great races under the care of man ; and even 

 the asinine marks, in token of some ancient direct 

 adulteration, return when in the least excited, and 

 show their spinal ray, their bars on the joints, and 

 in some cases a cross on the shoulder ; all confirm- 

 ing the probability that high-bred and frequently 

 crossed races of the horse are the most artificial, 

 and in the fonn we now have them, were never 

 really wild. 



