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extraneous mafs. By this reafoning, it fhould 

 feem, that the out-fized are unable to per- 

 form even fo much work, as the middling ; and 

 another argument againft them, equally juft, is, 

 that they muft, in general, confume a propor- 

 tional larger quantity of every neceffary. For 

 whofe benefit, then, is this Howden Mack, of 

 Englifli elephants, bred? It is not for the 

 breeders, for they may have juft as large a 

 price for lefs flock, which would, moreover, 

 coft them lefs in keep. I can only fay farther, 

 that I fubmit it to the good fenfe of the breeders 

 of the Midland counties, whether it would not 

 be advifeable for them to think of changing 

 their flock ; and I beg leave to refer them to 

 what I have already faid of the horfes of Suf- 

 folk and Norfolk. 



I muft alfo beg leave to refer all breeders to 

 Mr.CulIey's book before mentioned, where they 

 will find it recommended to mix even a little 

 racing blood, with the cart-ftock ; and where 

 they may read of the wonderful exertions, incart- 

 ing-bufinefs, upon the road, of the Cleveland 

 Bays, a fort of coach-horfes. Although bred- 

 horfes are, of all others, the moft fluggifh, yet 

 it is well known, that a mixture of their blood, 

 gives fpirit and activity to other races. Still, I 

 think, this doctrine, as it regards cart-horfes, 

 muft be received with fome caution. Although 

 thefe half-bred cart-horfes may perform well 



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