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the head rendered; while lofty withers give the rider a 

 surer seat and produce a firmer adhesion between the 

 body and shoulders. A double loin is also softer to 

 sit upon, and pleasanter to look upon, than if it be 

 single; and a deep side, rounded toward the belly, 

 renders the horse easier to sit, and stronger, and more 

 easy to be kept in condition; and the shorter and 

 broader the loin, the more easily will the horse raise 

 his fore -quarters, and collect his hind -quarters under 

 him, in going. These points, moreover, cause the belly 

 to appear the smaller; which, if it be large, at once 

 injures the appearance of the animal and renders him 

 weaker, and less manageable. The quarters should be 

 broad and fleshly, in order to correspond with the sides 

 and chest, and, should they be entirely firm and solid, 

 they will be lighter in the gallop, and the horse would 

 be the speedier. But if he should have his buttocks 

 separated under the tail by a broad line, he will bring 

 his hind legs under him, with a wider space between 

 them; and so doing he will have a prouder and stronger 

 gait and action, and will, in all respects, be the better 

 on them. A proof of which is to be had in men, who, 

 when they desire to raise anything from the ground, at- 

 tempt it by straddling their legs, not by bringing them 

 close together. Stallions should not have the tetes 

 large, and this ought not to be overlooked in foals. 



"To conclude, in regard to the lower joints, of the 

 shanks, namely, and the fetlocks and the hoofs, behind, 

 I have the same remarks to make, and no others, than 

 those which I have made above." 



Little is known of the early history of the horse in 



