3i<^ APPENDIX. 



The king's grooms were to have the king's old riding 

 ^aps, gilt faddles, fpurs, boots, and other riding fur- 

 niture. The chief groom was to officiate for the mailer 

 of the horfe, in his abfence -, and when he mounted or 

 difmounted he was to hold his flirrup. 



Page 164. " In the reign of Henry II." Sec] Foreign 

 horfes were imported by this prince, as appears from 

 the allowance made for the fubfiftence of the king's 

 horfes, which were lately brought from beyond fea, 

 by the treafurer. Madox's Hillory of the Exchequer, 

 page 2^2, 



Page 207. " Variety of horfes,'' &c.] There were no 

 horfes in Virginia before the Englifli fettled there ; but 

 now they have good flore, though negligent in the 

 breed. It is true, that there is a law that no ftoned 

 horfe (hall be kept under a certain lize, but it is neg- 

 ledted. Such as they are they fell cheaper than in Eng- 

 land, being worth about 5I. a piece. They never flioe 

 them, nor ride them in general ; yet when they do, 

 they ride pretty fharply ; a Planter % pace is a proverb, 

 which is a good hand-gallop. The Indians have not yet 

 learned to ride ; only the King of Pomoukil hath three or 

 four for his own faddle. 



Clopton's Account of Virginia, in the Philofophical 

 Tranfa(5i:ions, vol. iii. p. 593. wriuen in, or near the 

 jSime of Charles 11, 



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