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reins were righted. If the traces by which this extra- 

 jugal horfe was faftened had been any way tackled to 

 the yoke, he muft, by his falling, have pulled both the 

 horfes the fame way, and not afunder ; but by his pul- 

 ling them afunder, it is clear that he was joined by the 

 harnefs to the horfe, and not to the yoke, as 1 have 

 above defcribed, drawing by a trace which pafTed be- 

 tween this outfide horfe and the jugal horfe to which 

 he was tied. This again accounts for our not feeing 

 in the drawings even the body-girth, or any drawing- 

 trace on the outfide horfe of the quadriga, in thofe 

 cafes where extrajugal horfes were ufed. 



Neflor alfo had an extrajugal horfe in his chariot, 

 which Paris killed; and being flain, the old man, in 

 like manner, difencumbered his equipage of him, by 

 Cutting the Pareorla. 



The defcription of this one extrajugal horfe ferves 

 likewife for the other on the other hand, as that 

 was intirely limilar. 



This defcription of thefe extrajugal horfes will an- 

 fwer to the explaining every adlion or evolution of the 

 chariot, both in battle and in the race. 



With refpe6t to the harneffing four horfes abreaft, 

 the two on the outfide might be extrajugal ; but 

 1 am convinced (efpecially as I read it in Zenophon) 

 that when more pairs were put abreaft, each pair 

 had a temo or pole j and a peculiar fort of carriage 

 for carrying great burthens is adlually fo defcribed ; 

 but the quadrigse, which were moft in ufe, were 

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