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them. The author fays, that he was pofTcfled of one 

 of this breed, which often carried him from Callao to 

 Limay which is two meafured leagues and an half, 

 through a very bad and Honey road, in twenty-nine 

 minutes, and brought him back again within a minute 

 or two of the fame time, without taking off the bridle. 

 This fpecies is not handfome, but eafy to the rider; 

 very gentle and docile, yet full of fpirit and intrepi- 

 dity. In the kingdom of Chili, the women are par- 

 ticularly famous for their fkill in horfemanfhip. 



The province of Kew England has a very peculiar 

 fort, originally brought from England, which are faid 

 to amble naturally ; this pace they perform with great 

 fpeed, and with fuch fafety and exacT:nefs, that, altho' 

 otherwife valuable, they are chiefly efteemed for pof- 

 fefllng this talent, which they exert in a degree very 

 fuperior to all other horfes. 



In taking a review of the flate of horfes in Eng- 

 land, from early times to the prefent, they feem to 

 have been divided but into two general cI^l^qs, vjhxch. 

 may be ranged under two diftinifl periods of time. In 

 the firft sera, as it was an univerfal cuftom for horfe- 

 men to fight in arm.our ; the burden was fo heavy, 

 and the fervice fo fevere, that none but large a.ndJ?ou( 

 horfes were equal to the tafk ; neither, from the bad- 

 nefs of the roads, could horfes of a much lefs fize, 

 and inferior ftrengtb, have been difpenfed with either 

 for journies, or in the cart. It was therefore the con- 

 ftant endeavour of this nation to raife fuch a breed 



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