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liis Brazil breed. This blade of a farmer, 

 would, it feems, unharnefs one of his plough- 

 horfes, ride him to a neighbouring fair, and 

 after winning with him .a leather plate, ride 

 him home again, in triumph, to his wife. 



The late Mr. Bakewell, of Diihley, fojuftly 

 celebrated for his hofpitality, and the general 

 humanity of his character, rendered the moll 

 eminent fervices to his country, by his im- 

 provements in live (lock. If he failed in any 

 thing, I fhould conceive it was in his judgment 

 of horfes. I have indeed heard the fame of 

 him refpecting pig- (lock, from the mod expe- 

 rienced man in England. Mr. Bakewell's 

 chief attention, I fuppole, was beftowed upon 

 (heep, and horned cattle. The black horfe he 

 {hewed at Tatterfall's, fome years fmce, for the 

 purpofe of getting faddle-horfes, I have heard 

 did not meet the approbation of intelligent 

 breeders, nor did he appear to me, at all cal- 

 culated to fuit the common run of mares. 



Of the Clydesdale horfes, as I know 

 nothing, pleafe to take Mr. Cul ley's defcrip- 

 tion, " probably as good and ufeful a draught- 

 horfe as any we are pollefled of; larger than 

 the Suffolk punches, being from fifteen to fix- 

 teen and half hands high, ftrong, hardy, and 

 remarkable true pullers, a reftive horfe being 

 rarely found amongit them. In (hape, in gene- 

 ral plain made about the head, fides, and hind- 

 legs; moflly grey or brown, faid to have been 



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