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estimation, that they are not allowed to sell them to 

 foreigners. These horses have all the good and bad 

 qualities of these of Great Tartary, which shews how 

 much the same manners, arid the same education give 

 the same disposition to these animals. There are also 

 in Circassia, and in Mingrelia, many horses which are 

 even handsomer than those of Tartary. There are 

 also found some handsome horses in the Ukraine, 

 Walachia, Poland, and Sweden ; but we have no par- 

 ticular account of their qualities and defects. 



When the horse is inflamed with love, desire, or ap- 

 petite, he shews his teeth, and seems to laugh. He 

 shews them also when he is angry, and would bite. 

 He sometimes puts out his tongue to lick, but less 

 frequently than the ox, who licks much more than the 

 horse, and who, notwithstanding, is less sensible to 

 caresses. 



The horse also remembers ill treatment much longer 

 than the ox ; his natural disposition and courage are 

 such, that, when he finds more is expected from him 

 than he is able to perform, he is irritated, and will 

 not exert himself. Instead of which, the ox, who is 

 slow and idle, exerts himself, and is more easily tired. 



The horse sleeps much less than man ; for when 

 he is in health, he does not rest more than two or 

 three hours together. He then gets up to eat ; and 

 when he is satisfied, he lies down a second time ; but 

 he does not sleep more than three or four hours in the 

 twenty-four. There are even some horses who never 

 lie down, but sleep standing. It has also been re- 

 marked, that geldings sleep oftener and longer than 

 horses. 



Quadrupeds do not all drink in the same manner, 

 though they are all equally obliged to seek with the 



