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Temper, Charader and Humour. — That Florfe whofe Neck 

 is hollow, or Ewe-neck'd, inftead of ballancing hmifelf upon 

 his Flaunches, will arm himfelf againft his Cheft, and will 

 thereby make his Stops harfli and difagreeable : Weak Feet, 

 or Flocks that give him Pain, will make him hate the Stop. — 

 He will either cndeav^our to avoid it, or will make it with 

 Fear, fo that he will be totally abandoned upon the Apuy. 

 If he carries his Nofe high, and is hollow-back'd at the fame 

 time, it will be impoflible for him to unite and put himfelf 

 together, fo as to be ready, and to prefent his Front, if I 

 may be allow'd the Word, to the Stop ; becaufe the Strength 

 of the Nape of the Neck depends upon the Chine ; and his 

 Powers beino; thus difunited and broken, he will make his 

 Stop upon his Shoulders. 



There is another Sort of Horfes, who in hopes of avoid- 

 ing the Conflraint of flopping upon their Haunches, plant 

 thcmfelves upon their two Hind-legs ; yield the Hand to 

 them, in the Inftant, and prefs them forward, you will in- 

 fenfibly corredl them of their Defence, which happens only 

 in Cafes, where you flop them upon declining or uneven 

 •Ground.. 



There are many People, who imagining they can unite 

 theirHorfes by the means of making a great Number of preci- 

 pitate Stops, take little heed whether the Creature which they 

 undertake is too weak, or has Strength fufficient for his Tafk. 

 — The Horfe, who, though flrong, h.as fuffer'd in his Chine, 

 in making the firft Stop, will meditate a Defence in his fe- 



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