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CHAP. XX. 



ON THE EYES. 



THE eyes of horses are not more various in 

 their colours than those of the human species, 

 and that variety is less distinguishable. They 

 are nearly all of a darkish cast, except the wall 

 eye. The shape and size of the eye is of more 

 importance than the colour. The wall eye, 

 though not handsome to look at, is much 

 esteemed, as the paces of a v/all-eyed horse 

 are generally good ; his temper is irregular 

 and various, yet not so much so as to be un- 

 manageable. Large and heavy eyes denote 

 dullness J but when too small and oblong, it in- 

 dicates weakness of body and of sight. The 

 middle-sized eye is best, and the more circular 

 the better, for it shews that the sight of the eye 

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