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with other two in the afternoon ; bur, in gene- 

 ral, a labourer, or a boy, works one pair of 

 them while the teamerman works the other 

 pair, two journies a day ; having always, in 

 this cafe, one horfe at reft. 



But in feed-time, more particularly in 

 ^' barley feel," the fifth horfe goes to harrow ; 

 every horfe upon the farm going to work at fix 

 or feven in the morning, and flays till twelve : 

 o-oes out again at one or two, and remains at 

 work till fix or feven. 



In a waggon, upon the road, five horfes 

 are univerfally in u(c. 



Whether upon the road, or on the farm, the 

 common pra<5tice is for the horfes to trot with 

 empty carriages. 



Formerly, this admirable cnftom was carried 

 too far : inftead of trotting for difpatch, races 

 were run, at full fpeed, upon the road. The 

 lead was the goal contcr.dcd for ; a fore-horfei 

 which would, at a Vv'ord or a fignal, break out 

 at full fpeed, was, by the young men who took 

 delif^ht in the diverfion of " roadino;," confi- 

 clered as invaluable. Many waggons, and fome 

 necks, having been broken by this dangerous 

 amufcnienr, it is, at prcTcnr, a good deal laid 

 •tf»ttle j lhoi?gh no^ yet entirely left off. I have 



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