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his far fore Foot. If he Gallop round and raife his fore- 

 Legs, he is then faid to Gallop flrongly , but not capable 

 of much fpeed, and is fitter for the War then Racing, but 

 if he take up his Feet, as if he did it unwillingly or was in 

 pain, tiien it ihews he has fome hidden diftemper to find font 

 which mull be your care, or elfe if youpurchafe you will be 

 cheated. 

 ^^^ ^ As for the Stature of the Horfe, it is always left to the 

 good HorfL Buyer, but as to the Infirmities and Deformities, I think it 

 * my part to difcover them. Firlt then, when you intend to 

 purchafe a Horfe, being fatisfied of his breed as well as you 

 can, as alfo of his Pace and Colour, fuffer him t^ ftand be- 

 fore you without Bridle, Saddle, or Cloths, your felf {land- 

 ing juft before his Face, and fo take an "exaO: view of all 

 his Parts and Proportions, but efpecially of the Livelinefs of 

 his Countenance, and all other marks according to the di- 

 redions given in the foregoing part of this Treatife, where- 

 in a perfect Horfe is portrayed in every Limb and Part, &c. 

 yet what has been there inferted, I iliall here fet down 

 with Remarks thereon, for the Readers better underftanding, 

 and make fome Repetition in a point fo neceflary to be ob- 

 Ears. ferved : As thus. If his Ears Hand upright, be fhort, thin 

 and well fixed at the roots, it fignifies courage and comli- 

 nefs, but if the contrary, dulnefs and ill nature. 

 P^^^^ If his Face be clear, his Fore-head fwelling outward, the 



mark or feather in his Face being high, if he have a white 

 Star or Blaze, a white Snip even placed and not too large, 

 they fignifie Beauty and Goodnefs ^ but on the contrary if his 

 Face be Flelhly, Cloudy, Scowling, and his Fore-head flat, 

 then is he deformed and defective, to which defeds may be 

 added a Blaze, awry, aRaw-nofe, and unhairy Face. 



. If his Eyes be round, fhining, black and fomewhat bloody, 

 Ilaring or {landing out of his Head, the Black filling the out- 

 ward Circumference, and the Balls, the Pits, it is a fign of 

 Courage ,Goodnefs and Comlynefs,and the contrary of Weak- 

 nefs and Deformity, fubjed to Spots, and Moon-blind or 

 Wally Diflempers incident to Horfes of weak-light, and 

 fometimes even to perfed blindnefs: If the Eyes are Wate- 

 .ry and mttch bloody, it is the efFed of fome unhappy bruife 



