ON THE RIGHTS OF BEASTS. 3^1 



degrees, as we obferve thofe of the human race. 

 Some of them will dafti forward, through thick 

 and thin, or over whatever ways, without the 

 fmalleft folicitude, whether they ftand or fall ; 

 others, on the contrary, have ever an anxious 

 care upon them, to keep themfelves up ; and in 

 a difficult, or flippery way, take every flep with 

 the utmoft precaution ; thefe laft fuffer moil 

 cruelly upon London ftones, when flippery 

 with fun or froft, from the brutality of their 

 drivers. 



You will frequently fee a gentleman's coach- 

 man whipping one of his horfes, with the mod 

 brutal fury, the whole length of a flreet. This 

 practice is fo very common, that it doubtlefs 

 leads people to fuppofe it to be perfectly right, 

 and in order. Now I have, for many years, 

 paid particular attention to it, and can fcarce 

 recollecl an inftance where fuch correction was 

 on juft grounds, or likely to be attended with 

 good effects. On examination, I have gene- 

 rally found it has been ufed, becaufe the horfe 

 unavoidably trod in a hole, or flipped from bad 

 (hoeing ; that it was a misfortune, not a fault 

 in the horfe, or that, in all probability, he was 

 totally ignorant for what reafon he was cor- 

 rected. This laft confideration (overlooked by 

 the ignorant) is furely of the utmoft impor- 

 tance. Even in the cafe of a fault, it may be 

 relied on, that nine parts in ten, at leaft, of the 



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