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CHAP. XXII. 



ON THE COLOUR OF THE FACE. 



ALMOST all horses have more or less white 

 in their faces. A little of it enlivens the coun- 

 tenance, and gives it expression, but too much 

 causes the face to look glaring and unmeaning, 

 and is a great drav/back to the beauty of the 

 animal. The countenance of a horse, as well 

 as of a man, expresses, in a great degree, his 

 qualities and temper. Lavater, whose skill 

 in physiognomy is undoubted, attributes to 

 the face the pov/er of expressing cur mental 

 propensities, and has established beyond con- 

 tradiction that the countenance of men, as v/ell 

 as animals, is the true index of their liabits and 

 their nature. Some horses have no white in 

 the face, but they are few in number. Asses 

 and mules, which are heavy and sluggish, have 

 nov/hite in their faces j and the want of this 

 lively colour in the face of a horse, seems to 



