HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE HUNTER. 



Is a happy combination of the Race Horse with 

 others of superior strength, but inferior in swift- 

 ness; and may be considered as the most useful 

 breed of Horses in Europe. Their spirit and 

 activity in the field are well known, and can only 

 be equalled by the perseverance with which they 

 endure the much more severe labour of posting on 

 the road, which is now carried on by this active 

 and hardy race, with a celerity unknown at any 

 former period. 



Geldings of this kind are sent over to the con- 

 tinent in great numbers: their superior worth is 

 universally acknowledged abroad; and they are 

 sold at very high prices, to foreigners of the first 

 distinction. 



The mixture of this with others of inferior rank, 

 forms an endless variety, the different gradations 

 becoming too minute to be discriminated. 



