A 

 (JKNERAL HISTORY 



OF 



QUADRUPEDS. 



THE HORSK. 

 Ciib(j//?t.s, Linnaeus. /> Chew I, BufFon.) 



THE various excellencies of this noble animal, the 

 grandeur of his stature, the elegance and propor- 

 tion of his parts, the beautiful smoothness of his 

 skin, the variety and gracefulness of his motions, 

 and, above all, his utility, entitle him to a pre- 

 cedence in the history of the brute creation. 



The Horse, in his domestic state, is generous, 

 docile, spirited, and yet obedient ; adapted to the 

 various purposes of pleasure and convenience, he 

 is equally serviceable in the draught, the field, or 

 the race. 



There are few parts of the known world where 

 the Horse is not produced; but if we would see 

 him in the enjoyment of his native freedom, unsub- 

 dued by the restraints man has imposed upon him, 

 Ave must look for him in the wild and extensive 

 plains of Africa and Arabia, where he ranges with- 

 out control in a state of entire independency. In 

 those immense tracts, the wild Horses may be seen 

 feeding together, in droves of four or five hundred ; 

 one of them always acting as sentinel, to give 

 notice of approaching danger: this he does by a 

 kind of snorting noise, upon which they all run off 



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