jcsS THE HISTORY AND ART 



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Clrcajfia, Mlngrelia, and the adjacent parts, are flored 

 with horfcs, which are of a better mould, and jufter 

 proportions than thofe of Tartary, and confequently 

 are admired and vakied. The CircafTians are equal to 

 the greateft fatigue, and celebrated for it. 



The breed of horfes in Greece have to a degree fhared 

 the fate of other valuable benefits, the produdlions of na- 

 ture, and the w^orks of art and induftry, which were for- 

 merly the portion of that once flourifliing and diftin- 

 guiflied country. All cruflied and extinguillied by the 

 oppreflion, violence, and ignorance of its favage con- 

 querors, the Greek horfes make no confiderable figure 

 in the modern catalogue, nor are the breeds much 

 cultivated ; it is faid, however, that there Hill are fomc, 

 particularly in 'Thejjaly, which belong to the Grand Sig- 

 ner. Some of the iflands in the Archipelago are fur- 

 nifhed with good and valuable horfes, efpecially CretCt 

 but none of eminence fufficient to make them prized 

 by other nations, or entitle them to particular notice. 



The nations of Afia and Africa, except the Cbinefe, 

 never geld their horfes. Some kingdoms of Europe 

 likewife have not yet adopted the pravStice. Cajiration 

 deprives the animal of a confiderable partof his flrength^ 

 fpirit, and courage, robs him, in fatft, of his very 

 Soul, and leaves him a mutilated, daftardly, and unna- 

 tural creature ; but, at the fame time, makes him 

 mild, patient, more obedient, and confequently fitter 

 for many purpofes, and more agreeable to many 

 riders. 



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