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are rather to be desired than objected to on 

 that account. The demand for rat-tailed 

 horses was some time since so general, that 

 many were cut so as to resemble the natural 

 ones: but such transformation of the tail was 

 truly ridiculous, as it neither added to the 

 horse's beauty, nor to his goodness or action. 

 The tail, therefore, is to be considered as a 

 member of the horse which will much assist 

 the judgment of the purchaser, if he be not 

 deceived by the operation of figging. 



