sheep, swine, black cattle, &c. &c. but as it 

 is found from experience that depriving them 

 of the parts alluded to enhances their value, 

 and makes them more suitable to our purposes, 

 we have a right to exercise our authority over 

 them in thus changing their nature. A stal- 

 lion is certainly not so serviceable as a gelding, 

 his passions prey on him, he is more vicious, 

 and is sooner broken down, and on account of 

 the violence of his nature he is more difficult 

 to be kept in condition. In France, where 

 horses have not half the spirit of ours, I have 

 seen eight stallions in one dihgence. When they 

 became heated, they kicked and bit each otiier 

 the whole way, and v/ere so viciously stubborn 

 that the driver could not force them to move in 

 any pace but what they chose. Upon asking 

 the driver v/hy they did not geld them, he re- 

 plied, that it would deprive them of their spirit, 

 but that it would be better to do so, if it v/ould 

 deprive them of their bad spirit and vicious 

 habits. 



The people on the continent of Europe and 



Asia are partial to entire horses, with long 



tails, which are sufFered to grow as well for 



ornament as to defend themselves against flies, 



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