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head towards the shore, he will be sure to 

 regain it safely. 



It is very delightful to ride and drive on the 

 sandy sea-shore, and to have a long uninterrupted 

 gallop on horseback, and a swinging trot in 

 harness for the benefit of the air, and the plea- 

 sure and novelty of the fine sands and smooth- 

 ness of the surface ; but the effect is neither 

 beneficial to the horse nor the carriage ; for the 

 sea-water dries and cracks the horses' feet, and 

 the deadness of the sand when the tide recedes, 

 strains the sinews, and fatigues them as much 

 as it does when softened by the flowing tide. 

 As a proof, persons will always find their horses 

 are sooner and more fatigued by exercise on 

 the sea-shore, than on a road; for the sandy 

 sea-shore, when the tide is out, whether settled 

 in its spongy hardness, dried by the winds, or 

 softening by the returning tide, has neither 

 elasticity nor solidity. Nevertheless, swimming 

 horses, or partially bathing them in the sea, is 

 beneficial for some, if diseased ; but many per- 

 sons are too fond of sending their horses to be 



