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Domestic horses widely diffused. 



CHAP. If. 



' The fiery courser, when lie hears from far 

 The sprightly trumpets, and the shouts of war, 

 Pricks up his ears and trembling with delight, 

 Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promis'd fight. 

 On his right shoulder his thick mane rcclin'd, 

 Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind : 

 His horny hoofs are jetty, black, and round, 

 His chine is double; starting with a bound, 

 He turns the turf, and shakes the solid ground. 

 Fire from his eyes, clouds from his nostrils flow ; 

 He bears his rider headlong ou the foe. 



VIRGIL OEOX&. 



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THE HORSE. 



THE horse, in a domestic state, is found in 

 almost every part of the globe, except, perhaps, 

 within the Arctic circle; and its reduction and 

 conquest may be justly regarded as the greatest 

 acquisition from the animal world, that human 

 art and industry have ever made. But it has 

 been remarked by an admired writer, that to 

 form an idea of this noble animal in his native 

 state of simplicity, we are not to look for him io 



