1^6 THE HISTORY. AND ART 



In the empire of RnJJia, it is a law ordained, that 

 no horfe (hall carry above fifteen 'Bud, each of forty 

 pounds weight, KuJJian weight, in fummer, and in 

 winter, during the fnow, and ufe of fledges, above 

 twenty-five or thirty Viid ; by this rule we are fome- 

 what enabled to judge of the ftrength of the horfes, 

 and of the difference of the roads in fummer and 

 winter. 



The VoTijh horfes are very hardy, flrong, and ufeful, 

 but have not many agreeable or dillinguifhed qualities. 

 They are generally of a middling fize ; thofe of Lithu- 

 ania are ftill fmaller, but have their merit for the pur- 

 pofes of eafy riding, many of them going the Amble^ 

 which pace is much approved by the Poles, Rujians^ 

 Tartars, and other Eaftern nations. 



Some other adjacent tracts or regions are furniflied 

 likewife with horfes, which are too inconfiderable to 

 deferve a particular defcription ; or, to fpeak more pro- 

 perly, may be comprehended under thofe of the horfes 

 already mentioned. The Poles are reported to ufe no 

 flioes for their horfes *. 



In the marfhy parts of FruJ/ta, in the IVerders, or Low 

 Countries, towards the mouth of the Vijlula, are a breed 

 of good, tall, ftrong horfes, refembling the Friejland 

 horfes, but not equal to them in conftitution and per- 



^ Tranfaft. 1766, — 67. — Specimen Hilt. Naturalis Volgenfxs, auftorc 

 J. R. Forfter, who fince has mod obligingly communicated many 

 particulars from his own obfervations. 



* Vid. Voyage to Siberia, par Auteroche. 



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