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noble-looking animals, with their round, fat carcases and sleek 

 coats, are slow, and are not the best for hard and long- continued 

 work; but their proud deportment is well adapted to gratify 

 the brewer's ambition to outvie his neighbour. The stables 

 of our largest brewers are well worth a visit, especially on Good 

 Friday, when all the horses are at home. 



The cost of their food, and the expenses attending the wear 

 and tear of their trappings and shoes, are much greater than of 

 any other draught horses. Their drivers are usually very fond 

 of them, and treat them kindly, rarely doing more with the 

 whip than to urge them by cracking it in their hearing. 



THE MULE, OR MOYLE. 



The common mule is produced by the union of the male ass 

 and the mare, and is much more esteemed than the hinny, 

 by which name the progeny of the horse and the female ass 

 is distinguished. The mules of Spain, and other countries 

 in which they are extensively employed, are far superior to 

 those of Britain. They are often sixteen hands high, and can 



