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on Its back; fo the horfe feldom atchieves 

 it, without fomebody upon his. To the 

 latter therefore we muft give the greateft 

 fhare of merit, who ventures to perform 

 upon a hard road what the other does only 

 in the air, without even a cloud to brufli 

 againft. The one preferring, it feems, the 

 Milky, and the other the Highway, 



Amongft horfes I have never difcovered a 

 Pouter; but I have had a fine Puffer*. 

 The noife he made, however, and particu- 

 larly when at his bufinefs, was not pleafant; 

 and I let a neighbour have him cheap, who 

 had a good three -ft all mufeum, and a 

 very heavy vehicle to draw; fo that in 

 all weathers he might enjoy the er^^'-tain- 

 ment of his very extraordinary quaiinca- 

 tions. 



It is well known that there is a horfe 



that is a Carrier, fo is there a pigeon like- 



M 2 wife. 



* The Puffer, if properly kept on plenty of hay and water, and 

 with little exercife, will in a fhort time gratify his Keeper by chang- 

 ing into another variety, which we call a Roarer. 



