INTRODUCTION. 



VALUABLE PROPERTIES OF THE HORSE REASONS FOR 



ITS USE BEING PROSCRIBED TO THE ISRAELITES — DIF- 

 FICULTY OF DETERMINING ITS NATIVE COUNTRY 



EXCELLENCE OF THE BRITISH BREED. 



The Horse is a distinct genus, belonging to the 

 order of Belluw^ or large beasts, and in himself the 

 most serviceable of all quadruped animals, as well 

 as the swiftest of those brouo^ht under the domi- 

 nion of man. Notwithstanding these high qualifi- 

 cations, ancient history informs us, that, in the 

 primitive ages of the world, the ass was used in 



