A 



TREATISE 



ON 



HORSES. 



CHAP. I. 



ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPORTS. 



THE occupations of animal life are, of 

 neceflity, fportive as well as ferious. By 

 the term, sport, we underftand an a6lion or 

 paffion, which agitates the mind and body, 

 imparting to them exhilarating and delightful 

 fenfations. The defire of pleafure, and the 

 love of variety, exift fpontaneoufly in the mind, 

 as antidotes to the corroding poifon of ferious 

 cares. Man having performed his impofed 

 and indifpenfible duties, becomes fenfible of 

 the involuntary inclination towards paflive or 

 a6tive pleafure; and every other animal, the 

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