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stood, wlilch he lifts and puts down before 

 his off fore foot, and so on j which is the exact 

 motion of a horse*s legs in walking. In the 

 %vaik, as well as in all the other paces of the 

 horse, the hind quarters propel the fore ones, 

 and put them in action, the hind quarters and 

 hind legs always pressing forward, and put- 

 4^ng the forehand in motion^ because the whole 

 power of action in every horse lies from his 

 centre backwards. When a horse is brought 

 close to a ditch, or bar, for the purpose of 

 leaping over it, he can never lift up his fore 

 hand until he brings his hind legs and quarters 

 forwards close to the fore ones, which shews 

 that it is in the hind quarters that the seat of 

 action is principally fixed, though it is to the 

 countenance that we must look for spirit and 

 temper. The quarters of a horse are the same 

 to him as a rudder is to a ship, or the tail to a 

 fish, by pressing which against the water, it 

 is forced forward. To prove this still fur- 

 ther, tie the fore legs of a horse, and observe 

 tis motion ; he cannot move the fore quarters 

 until he brings the hind legs quite close to the 

 fore ones. From this it is evident that though 



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a horse determines himself to action from the 



