84 ON THE HORSE IN GENERAL. 



animal creation in a (late of flavery to the 

 human race; or rather, fuperior intelligence 

 poffeffes a natural and inherent right to domi- 

 nation. This is not the language of pious 

 fraud, or the apology for an abufe ; reafon evi- 

 dently difcovers the necefhty of fuch a difpen- 

 fation in the conflitution of the mundane 

 fyflem. The flighted infpeclion into the exift- 

 ing order of things will convince us, that the 

 prefent was intended for a life of labour, in- 

 duftry, and pain; and that inferior animals 

 could by no other means perform their given 

 part, and contribute their (hare to the mafs of 

 labour and fuffering, than in a ftate of fubjec- 

 tion to their fuperior — Man. Thus the reafon 

 of things, and a lawful neceflity, have confli- 

 tuted all brute creatures flaves ; but they 

 neverthelefs poflefs certain natural and un- 

 alienable rights, a demonstration of which, 

 will form the fubjecl: of the enfuing chapter. 



The Horfe, from the earlieft accounts, feems 

 to have been a native of nearly all the climates 

 of the old world ; why this excellent animal 

 was denied to the new continent, almofl all 

 regions of which, are fo well adapted to his 

 production and maintenance, is a difficulty not 

 ealily folved. Whether they were, ab orzgzne, 

 indigenous to one particular country, whence 

 all parts c\k were fupplied ; or whether com- 

 mon to many, and of different races, befitting 



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