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cannot bear the less easy paces of the animah 

 In walking, great care ought to be taken that a 

 horse does not come down, as in this pace he 

 is much off his guard-, let him therefore feel 

 the bit gently, so as to remind him of his duty, 

 Hcrses differ just as much in their walk as they 

 do in their other paces j some horses will walk 

 five miles in the hour, whilst others will not 

 exceed three and a half. Lengthy horses are 

 the best walkers, if they are bony and well set 

 up. The walking pace is exceedingly useful, 

 and it is that by which all work is executed 

 that is of a laborious nature, except that of 

 the flying artillery, which is performed on the 

 trot, canter, and slow gallop, in order to ac- 

 company the movements of the light dragoons. 

 The work of gentlemen's carriages must be 

 excepted also, which is done chiefly on the 

 trot. The walk, therefore, is a pace adapted 

 as well to pleasure as to laborious purposes. 



