6 the Compleat Horfewan : or y 



the Horfe appear to be old. Horfes that come of 

 an old Stallion, have it from their very Youth s 

 fome more, fome lefs. 



Of the Eyes. 



The Eyes which are bright, lively, full of fire, and 

 pretty large and full, are moftefteemed-.Thofe which 

 are very big are not the beft, neither fhould they be 

 too goggling or flaring out of the Head, but £qual 

 with it, and have a large and full pupil or ground. 



Moreover, the Eye mould be refolute, impudent, 

 and brisk : A Horfe to appear well fhould look on 

 his Objeft fixedly, and with a kind of difdain, and 

 not look another way. In the Eye is alfo difcovered 

 his Inclination, Pafllon, Malice, Health and Indif- 

 pofition. When the Eyes are funk, or that the Eye- 

 brows are too elevate, and as it were fwelPd, it is 

 a fign of vitioufnefs and ill-nature. Such kind of 

 Horfes have a melancholy Countenance, but are 

 commonly of great Fatigue. 



The Eye is the molt tender and delicate part of 

 the whole Body, being the laft which is formed ia 

 the Womb, and the firft that dies. 



Of the Jaw-bones. 

 The Jaw-bones fhould be narrow and lean, the di- 

 ftance betwixt them at the Throat fhould be large 

 and hollow, that he may the better place his Head. 

 If the Jaw-bone be too fquare, that is, if there be 

 too great a diftance betwixt the Eye and that part of 

 it which toucheth his Neck, it is not only ugly and 

 unbecoming, but alfo hinders him from placing his 

 Head. And if there be but little diftance betwixt 

 the Jaw-bones, then as foon as you pull the Bridle 

 to bring his Head into its molt becoming pofture, 

 the Bones meeting with his Neck, will hinder him, 

 cfpcciilly if he have alio with that Imperfection, a 

 fiiort and thick Keck, ' 



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