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To make an animal nfcjul is no doubt, the 

 firfi: confideration : and to make a horfe fo, 

 we mufl necefTarily make him fufFer fome 

 things, which are unnatural, becaufe we take 

 him out of a Jlate of nature. He muft be 

 fed with hay, and corn in winter, which 

 he cannot get in his open paftures : for if 

 he have exercife beyond nature, he muft have 

 fuch food, as will enable him to bear it. 

 As it is neceiTary likewife to make our roads 

 hard, and durable, it is neceffary alfo to give 

 the horfe an iron-hoof, that he may travel 



over them without injuring his feet. But 



all this has nothing to do with his tail, which 

 is equally ufeful in a reclaimed and in a natural 

 flate. 



Yes, fays the advocate for docking; as it 

 is nccefTary for the horfe to travel, to hunt, 

 and to race, it is ufeful to lighten him of 

 every incumbrance. And as it is neceilary 

 for him to travel through dirty roads -, it is 

 ufeful to rid him of an inftrument, which is 

 continually colled:ing dirt, and lalhing it over 

 himfelf, and his rider. 



To eafe your horfe of every incumbrance 

 in travelling, is certainly right. You ihould 

 fee that his bridle, and faddle, (which are 



his 



