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Hollows should be filled up, the eye-lids thin, the eyes 

 clear, lively, full of fire, rather large, and projecting 

 from the head ; the pupil large, the nether jaw thin, 

 the nose a little aquiline, the nostrils large and open, 

 the partition of the nose and the lips thin. The mouth 

 ought to be of a moderate width, the withers raised 

 and sloping, the shoulders thin, flat, and not confined, 

 the back equal, even, and insensibly arched length- 

 ways, and raised on each side of the spine, which should 

 appear indented. His flanks should be full and short, 

 the rump round and fleshy, the haunches well covered 

 with hair, the stump of the tail thick and firm, the 

 fore legs and thighs thick and fleshy, the knees round 

 before, the houghs large and rounded, the sinew loose, 

 the joint next the foot small, the fetlock not thickly 

 covered with hair. The pastern ought to be large, 

 and of a middling length, the coronet rather raised, 

 the hoof black, smooth, shining, and high, the quarters 

 round, the heels wide and moderately raised, the frog 

 small and thin, and the sole thick and hollow. 



But there are few horses in which this assemblage 

 of perfection is to be found. The eyes are subject to 

 many complaints, which are sometimes difficult to be 

 known. In a healthy eye, we ought to see through 

 the cornea two or three spots of the colour of soot, 

 above the pupil. To see these spots, the cornea must 

 be clear, clean, and transparent ; if it appears double, 

 or of a bad colour, the eye is not good. A small, 

 long, and straight pupil, encompassed with a white 

 circle, is also a bad sign, and when it is of a blueish- 

 green colour, the eye is certainly bad and the sight 

 dull. 



I shall at present only add some remarks, from 

 which, as well as from the preceding, a judgment 



