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4 that Paffion, as by ftrong feeding, &c. At leaffc 

 4 the Foal to which ihe gives fuck will be better by 

 4 this Method,and thereby receive the more ftrength 

 4 to follow her at Grafs, as alfo the Mare will more 

 4 eafily conceive, being brought thus in feafon. 



f Thofe who defire to have Males, although the 

 c Duke cannot affent to it, may pra&ife what fol- 

 4 lows i which may be experimented alfo upon other 

 4 Creatures, fuch as Cows, Goats, Sheep, &c. You 

 4 muft then bring the Mare in feafon, and let her be 

 c cover'd very early in the Morning any Time from 

 4 the fourth Day of the Moon until it be full, but 

 c never in the decreafe ; and thus lhe mall not fail to 

 4 bring forth a Male-Colt \ the Truth whereof a fir- 

 4 tie Experience will difcover. 



You may provide your felf of young breeding 

 Mares from your own Race *, which as they are 

 good, and of a good Breed, wiil bring you forth 

 more beautiful Foals than any other, in refped that 

 they have been engendred by a good Stallion, and 

 that the fame that covers them did alfo beget them ; 

 for there is no fuch Thing as Inceft among Horfes. 

 But you are not to make ufe of your Colts for Stal- 

 lions, becaufethey will much degenerate from the 

 goodnefs of true Barbs } and if you mould fo make 

 ufe of them from one Generation to another, they 

 would at laft become like to the natural Race of 

 the Country wherein they are : Therefore I would 

 never ad vile you to chule a Stallion from your own 

 Breed, but rather that you would change him for a 

 good Barb or Spamjh Horfe ; but ftill make choice of 

 the moll beautiful Mares of your own Race to breed 

 upon/ 



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