APPENDIX. 



As the utility of horses n this country 

 surpasses that of all other animals, it may be 

 acceptable and instructive to explain here more 

 of the nature and properties of the horse, 

 than was compatible with the conciseness of 

 the foregoing equestrian instructions, but which 

 together with some further remarks on horse- 

 manship, maybe perused with interest and bene- 

 fit, by the scholar after he has made progress. 

 The horse in a domestic state is a bold and 

 irritable animal, equally intrepid, energetic, and 

 magnanimous, and exults in the exercise of 

 his strength and power; but is nevertheless 



