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fhewy, but beautifully turned, more fwift, and 

 more hardy. The Syrians he commends for 

 their beauty and goodnefs ; and alfo for that 

 remarkable gentlenefs of nature, familiarity 

 with man, and docility, for which the Arabians 

 are fo diftinguifhed ; the confequence, in fome 

 meafure, no doubt, of that humanity and kind- 

 nefs, with which they are treated by their 

 matters. 



The Eaftern Countries are feldom the theatre 

 of change or improvement ; and their Horfes, 

 it may be fairly prefumed, are much the fime, 

 in all refpecls, as in ancient times. Arabia, 

 Perfia, Syria, Egypt, Barbary, ftill continue 

 the chief breeding countries, whence India, 

 Turkey, and various other parts, are fupplied. 



I have never feen but one Spanifh Horfe ; 

 he was a cheftnut, fixteen hands high, very 

 much refembling our Yorkfhire half-bred 

 Horfes, which are applied to the purpofe of 

 getting coach cattle, and flrong nags. This 

 Horfe was reprefented to me as of the belt 

 race in Spain, but evidently fhewed to be of a 

 mixed breed, his head being ill fet on, and his 

 fhape, in general, irregular; his moulder was 

 tolerably well placed, his legs flat, and feet 

 very good. As to the famed Andalufian 

 Horfes, and the jennets of Spain, I can find 

 no account of them, but in old books, or late 



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