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together, and presenting their heels to the adversary, deal 

 out kicks with equal force and abundance. If he be not 

 dangerous, they amuse themselves as before mentioned, by 

 forming a circle around him, and, finally, trample him 

 underfoot. They generally look out for dry pastures and 

 firm soils, productive of short but fine herbage ; they will 

 feed on the buds and bark of trees, and in winter on the 

 dead leaves, mosses, and even the young branches and wild 

 fruits of various kinds. 



The senses of the Horse, as we have remarked in our 

 observations on the genus, are acute and delicate; their 

 voice assumes different tones, from various causes: the 

 females neigh less frequently and with less force than the 

 males, and castration produces a similar modification in 

 the latter. 



The intellectual character of horses, consists in clear- 

 ness of perception, and excellence of memory ; their 

 education is entirely founded on the association of those 

 impressions which they have received. 



When we consider the varieties produced by domestica- 

 tion in this species, there is cause for great astonishment; 

 we see them sometimes reduced to the stature of the Deer, 

 and sometimes increased to the bulk of the Dromedary, 

 exhibiting the elegance and lightness of the Stag, or the 

 weight and corpulence of the Ox: some races have the 

 head small and slender, the eyes lively, the ears fine and 

 directed forward, and the nostrils wide and mobile ; others, 

 on the contrary, have the head heavy, the eyes dull, the ears 

 large and inclined backwards, the nostrils narrow, and 

 closed : some have the frontal ridge arched, others straight; 

 sometimes the hair is smooth and scanty, sometimes abun- 

 dant and frizzled, sometimes long and silky ; and every 

 variety of colour resulting from fawn, black, and white, is 

 found among them in an infinity of shades and proportions. 



In the gait of horses there is also a very considerable 



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