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smallest stature, yet that does not impair their 

 beauty or their strength : yet, in some places, 

 they are found of a very good size, and as large 

 as the English saddle-horses are generally found 

 to be : They have all a thin head, a fine crest, a 

 narrow breast, small ears well placed, the legs 

 fine, the hoof hard, and the croup beautiful; 

 they are docile, spirited, nimble, hardy, courage- 

 ous, and capable of supporting a very great fa- 

 tigue ; they run very swiftly, without being easily 

 fatigued; they are strong and easily fed, being 

 only supplied with barley and chopped straw ; 

 they are put to grass only for six weeks in the 

 spring ; they have always the tail at full length, 

 and there is no such thing as geldings among 

 the number ; they are defended from the air, as 

 in England, by body-clothes ; they are attended 

 with the most punctual exactness ; and they are 

 rid generally in a snaffle, without spurs. Great 

 numbers of these are every year transported into 

 Turkey, but chiefly into the East Indies ; how- 

 ever, after all, travellers agree that they are not 

 to be compared to the Arabian horses, either for 

 courage, force, or beauty ; and that the latter arc 

 eagerly sought, even in Persia. 



The horses of India are of a very indifferent 

 kind, being weak and washy. Those which are 

 used by the grandees of the country come from 

 Persia and Arabia ; they are fed with a small 

 quantity of hay during the day, and at night they 

 have boiled peas mixed with sugar and butter, 

 instead of oats or barley : this nourishment sup- 

 ports them, and gives them strength, otherwise 



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