4* HORSES. I, 



8. 



HORSES. 



HORSES are the only beafcs of labour made 

 life of in the Norfolk hufbandry : there 

 is not, perhaps, one OX worked in the county. 



The farm-horfes of Norfolk were, formerly^ 

 ^ fmall brown-muzzled breed ; light-boned •, 

 but flood hard work, and hard keep, in a remark-, 

 able manner; and two of therp were found 

 quite equal to the Norfolk plow in the Norfolk 

 Ibil. 



Of late, ftallions, of the heavier black breeds, 

 of Lincolnlhire, Lelcefterfliire, &c. have been 

 fafliionable ; and at prefent (perhaps unfortu- 

 nately for the country) the true Norfpjk breed 

 is almoll entirely worn out. 



I have heard fenlible old men regret this f 

 and complain heavily againft the prefent breed : 

 they eat up too much o.f their corn, and are not 

 fp a(5tive as their favourite " old fort." 



The prefent breed, however, are by no means 

 heavy : on the contrary, being as yet a mon- 



