22 DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



stand over a great deal of ground, "W to X, that is, the distance 



between his fore and hind feet will be great ; while one which 



is deficient in all of them, or, indeed, in the two first, will as 



Fig. 5. 



assuredly stand like a goat with all its feet gathered under him, 

 and will never be either a fast horse or safe under saddle. A 



Fig. 6. 



horse, not in motion, may be more speedily judged of by this 

 feature than by any other. One consequence of a fine receding 

 shoulder is to give length in the Tiumerus^ or upper arm, from 



