1^6 THE HISTORY AND ART 



Holland furnifhes a race of horfes, which have much 

 fame, but their beft fervice is in the coach — They are 

 in much repute in their own, France, and fome other 

 countries. The beft come from Frifeland. The coun- 

 tries of JuUers and Bergue alfo raife fome, which are 

 much approved. The FlemiJJj horfes are inferiour in 

 value to the Dutch, having big heads, with a channel 

 towards the noftrils, like a Pike, and are therefore 

 named by the French 'Tete de Brochet. Their feet are 

 unreafonably large, and flat, and their legs fubjeft to 

 watry humours, and fwellings in the heels. 



France abounds in horfes of all kinds, but neverthe- 

 lefs knows but few, which, as a breeding country, 

 do honour to her foil and climate, although great 

 pains have been taken, and very fkilful men em- 

 ployed at various times, to eftablifh and cultivate a 

 generous breed. Some parts of the kingdom, how- 

 ever, produce horfes, which they need not be afhamed 

 to rank with thofe of places more famous, and fuch 

 as would incline us to think, that the fault is not 

 alone, if at all, in the Climate. The beft of thofe which 

 are fit for the faddle come from Limojin -, they refcmble 

 the Barbs in many particulars, and, like them, are 

 fitteft for hunting : they are flow of growth, demand 

 much care and nurfmg in their infancy and youth, 

 nor ripe for work till they are eight years old. There 

 are alfo very good Bidets or Bonies to be found in An- 

 vergne, Poitou, and Burgundy, but after Limofm, Nor- 

 mandy claims precedence, for its handfome, generous, 



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