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lofty a6lion, are neither fo ufeful, nor fo fpeedy, 

 as the Englifh. 



I have often remarked, and leave to others 

 to determine the juftnefs of it, that a fmall 

 horfe, in fingle harnefs, looks very mean and 

 contemptible; but if there be a pair, or more, 

 the cafe is altered : alfo, that a pair of horfes, 

 galloping, have an unfeemly appearance ; but 

 if there be four of them in the carriage, they 

 make a very gallant figure in the gallop. 



The fuperiority of the Englifh, in the con- 

 ft ru 61 ion and elegance of wheel-carriages, of all 

 denominations, has long been univerlally ac- 

 knowledged. Our improvements therein, of 

 late years, have held equal pace and analogy, 

 with thofe made in our breeds of horfes ; we 

 have difcarded ufelefs and cumbrous weight, to 

 make way for lightnefs, elegance, and conveni- 

 ence. Within the laft fifteen years, mechanic 

 invention has laboured, and brought, forth 

 many ufeful difcoveries in this line ; among 

 which, the mod important, is that of the power 

 gained by the multiplication of wheels. Of 

 this difcovery, although not yet brought to ma- 

 turity, or into general ufe, many of the keepers 

 of flage -coaches have availed themfelves, and 

 we now fee Caterpillars and Millipedes, upon 

 every road leading to the metropolis, carrying, 

 with the utmoft convenience, double and treble 

 the number contained by an ordinary coach. 



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