THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. ^It 



*^ on horfeback, or, in lliort, does not like to carry 

 ** his horle, inftead of his horfc's carrying him, 

 " niufi: not lufFer his horfc to be exercifed by a 

 '' groom ; ftanding up on his flirrups, holding 

 *' himfelt'on by means of the reins, and thereby 

 *' hanging his whole dead weight on the horfe's 

 " mouth, to the entire deilrudlion of all that is 



" good, fafe, or pleafant about the animal." 



And in another place he fays, — " Horles Ibould 

 *' be turned loofe fomewhere, or w^alked about 

 *' every day, when they do not work, particularly 

 ** after hard exercife : fwelled legs, phyfie, he. 

 " will be faved by thefe means, and many diflem- 

 *' pcrs avoided." He alfo obferves that, " it is 

 " a matter of the greatefl confequence, though 

 " few attend to it, to feed horfes according to 

 *' their work. When the work is hard, food 

 " fliould be in plenty ; when it is otherwifcj the 

 " food fliouldbe diminillied immediately, the hay 

 ** particularly," 



I have no doubt that the noble author is per- 

 fc6lly right in thefe obfervations : I am alfo of 

 opinion that a handful or two of clean wheaten 

 flraw, chopped fmall, and mixed with their corn, 

 would be of great fervice to your horfes, provided 

 that you have intereft enough witii your groom 

 to prevail on him to give it them. 



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