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we do not mention, becaufe it is fo far from being 

 of fervice, that the hoofs are even injured by being 



he pleafes of it ; many other authors likewife mention this particularity, 

 which tends only to make the account more ftrange. Julius Pollux 

 lays, that the mares were made confcious of their own deformity, by 

 feeing themfelves in fountains and clear waters. — Vid. alfo Anatol. 

 HjTrn-iosTfixtov, lib. i. cap. 14. — Pliny, lib. viii. cap. 42. — Ariftoc. lib. 

 vi. cap. J 8. — iElian. lib. ii. chap. 18. Notwithftanding this humane 

 doftrine preached by Xenophon, it appears that it was a cuftom among 

 fome nations, to fheer the manes and Ihorten the tails of their horfes, 

 as we learn from Camarcrius *, who quotes Plutarch and others, in 

 thefe words. — Plutarch, fpeaking of the Sicilians, fays. Hi enim vic- 

 iores equis lauro ccronatis, caftivi vero ionjis crinibus ulebantur. Hoc etiam 

 Fazellus tejiaiur mnfine caufd igitur prater infolitavz rem, viirati funt Itali 

 equitatum Germanicum Cafaris MaximJliani, quum contra Vmetos helium ge- 

 reret, quoad pkrifque equis Juha detovfa cauda mutilate ejfeni : nejcie7ttcs vi- 

 delicet id fieri, ut equi hdc mutilatione alacriores et fpind dorfi robujiiores fi- 

 erent. Sic legimus apud Paulum Venitum Tartaros equis fuis, qiics hc.bent 

 prteftantijfimos, auferre folere de ojfe caiida nodos duos vel tres, ne equusfef- 

 foremferiat, et ne caudam nunc hue, nunc illuc fle3ere pojfit. Turpe nam hoc 

 judicant. ^ 



The Sicilians, when viflorious in battle, ufed to adorn their horfes 

 with crowns of laurel ; but, if defeated, they ftieered their manes. Fa- 

 zellus fays, that in the war between the emperor Maximilian and the 

 Venetians, the Italians were exceedingly furprifed to fee the German 

 horfes without manes, and with (hort or docked tails ; not knowino- 

 that this was done under a notion of rendering them ftronger in the 

 loins, and more alert. Paulus Venetus fays, likewife, that a certain 

 nation of the Tartars cut off two or three joints of the tails of their 

 horfes, of which they have a very valuable breed, to prevent the animal 

 •from moving his tail from fide to fide, and ftriking the rider, which 

 thing they did not approve. 



* Horse fubcifivas. 



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