LETTER .XH. 



with instruction, and agreeable amusement with use- 

 ful information, I shall bring forward to your inspec- 

 tion such objects as will most evidently display the 

 power, the wisdom, and the goodness of the Great 

 Author of Nature, whose omnipotent word called the 

 universe into existence. 



Most sincerely, and most affectionately, 

 I am, dear Sir, 



Your's, &c. 



LETTER XII. 



t ' Hast thou given the horse his strength, hast thou clothed his 

 neck with thunder ?" 



JOB, chap, xxxix. ver. 19. 

 DEAR SIR, 



JVM1D that interesting variety of quadrupeds, 

 which Nature presents to our view, or provides for 

 our use, the #reat and well-known utility, and various 

 excellencies of the Horse give him unrivalled prece- 

 ilency, in a view of the brute creation. 



Of the numerous species of animals, which infinite 

 Wisdom has ordained to inhabit this terraqueous 

 globe,, some are found to alarm us by their terriiic 

 appearance, to endanger our safety by their ferocious 

 disposition, and exercise our caution in avoiding their 

 attacks ; others, on the contrary, evidently appear to 

 have been created to delight us by their beauty, or 

 increase our comforts by their utility. This noble 

 quadruped, which I now recommend to your atten- 

 tion and examination, without having any of the for- 

 midable qualities of the former, possesses all the ex- 

 cellencies of the latter, uniting in his form grandeur 

 of stature, and elegance of symmetry, to graceful- 

 ness of motion, and is, above all, estimable for his 

 peculiar and diversified utility. When ranging wild, 

 and without control, he is not ferocious ; and in his 

 domestic siate he is gencroMS and docile, and although 

 Fpirited, yet obedient to rule. Equally adapted to the 

 purposes" of business and pleasure, he aifords us 



