OF NORFOLK. 1^1 



but to the public, the advantage is fuperlatively 

 ftriking. — The ox, when labouring, does not con-r 

 fume fo much corn as the horfe, for, according to 

 my plan, he would not confume any; and when 

 his labour is done, his bodv goes to the nourifh- 

 ment of men — but the body of the other is good 

 for nothing but to feed dogs. 



The more the number of horfes can be leffened, 

 the better for all ranks of people. The conlump- 

 tion by horfes, efpecially horfes of pleafure, and 

 luxury, is aftonifhing; for though a horfe in agri- 

 culture, does not confume above three acres of the 

 fruits of the earth in a year, a horfe kept upon the 

 road, eats yearly, in hay and oats, the full produce 

 of five acres of land. A man, allowing him a 

 pound of bread, and a pound of meat a day, or in 

 that proportion, not quite an acre and a quarter ; 

 and as the poor cat but very little meat, it cannot 

 be put at more than an acre to them : (o that one 

 of thofe horfes eats nearly as much as five men. 

 The more, therefore, we reduce our number of 

 horfes, the more plentiful will be the fruits of the 

 earth for man. Under this idea, perhaps, the 

 tax upon horfes of pleafure and luxury may be a 

 real advantage to the community. Let any perfon 

 but confider how thefe horfes fvveep olf the pro- 

 duce of the earth: I am told, and I believe, from 

 good authority, that in the city of Norwich, not 

 quite fifty year;, fmcc, there were only twelve car- 



