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more fear in that onset, than in encountering his most sturdy 

 antagonist. They also baited one bull with dogs, and these 

 animals shewed as much courage as any of the bull-dogs in Eng- 

 land. 



6i My apprehensions," says our author, 6i were at first prin- 

 cipally excited for the men on foot ; but the knights are in much 

 more danger, their horses being too full of fire to be exactly go. 

 verned; they cannot therefore so well avoid the aim, and are li- 

 able to be every moment overthrown, with their horses, if their 

 attendants by their side do not assist them. Two beautiful horses 

 were gored ; one of which was overthrown with his rider, but 

 fortunately the man received no hurt from his fall. The courage 

 of these horses is so great, that they have been often known to ad- 

 vance towards the bull, when their bowels were trailing on the 

 ground." 



The bull-feast in the Placa Mayor is never exhibited but upon 

 some extraordinary occasion, as the accession or marriage of their 

 kings, and is attended with very great expence, both to the king 

 and the city. But there is a theatre built without the walls, where 

 there are bull-feasts every fortnight, which to connoisseurs are 

 greatly preferred to the others, the bulls being more furious, and 

 the danger greater to those who fight them ; but there is little dif- 

 ference in their manner of engaging them. 



[Pennant. Payne. 



SECTION ix. 



Horse. 



Equus caballus. Linn. 



This well known and most useful animal is cultivated with care in 

 most parts of the earth ; but is found in its natural state in the de- 

 serts of Great Tartary ; sometimes in Africa : timid, swift, vigi- 

 lant ; moves in flocks, having a leader before, with his ears thrown 

 forwards, and a centinel behind, with his ears bent back, to guard 

 against surprise both ways. It varies much in size and colour ; 

 feeds on grain and herbage ; generous, proud, spirited j drives away 

 flies and insects with its tail; carefully guards its hind parts; calls 

 after its companion by neighing ; and scratches its shoulder with its 

 teeth ; rolls itself when hot ; is without gall-bladder, but has large 

 gall ducts to answer the purpose; does not vomit or eructate; its 

 dung heats and smokes j changes its fore-teeth in the second, third, 



