Class I. HORSE. ^ 



three feet royal, the latter only that of eighteen , , 

 feet and a half royal.* -' -i 



Horses of this kind, derive their origin from 

 Arabia; the seat of the purest, and most gene- 

 rous breed. f 



The species used in hunting, is a happy com- 

 bination of the former with others superior in. 

 strength, but inferior in point of speed and line- 

 age : an union of both is necessary, for the fa- 

 tigues of the chace must be supported by the 

 spirit of the one, as well as by the vigor of the 

 other. 



No country can bring a parallel to the strength 

 and size of our horses destined for the draught, 

 or, to the activity and strength united, of those 

 that form our cavalry. . :, 



* After Childers, Eclipse, the property of the late Mr. 0'^e%, 

 was the swiftest horse known in England. He died Fehruarjf 

 26, 1789, in his twenty-fifth year, having won 25,000^. which 

 is more than any other horse did for one person. After he was 

 past running, he covered, in I788, forty mares at thirty guineas 

 each, exclusive of those of his owner. His heart was of an ex- , , ■;; 



traordinary size; it weighed thirteen pounds, which was supposed ...... . J- 



to have been the cause of his amazing powers. He never was 

 beat. M. T. 



f In 1787 Captain Rattray, of the Phcenix Indiaman, brought 

 over a beautiful Arahian stallion of a grey color, the price of 

 which, with the expence of the passage, amounted to the enor- 

 mous sum of fifteen hundred and ten pounds. M. T. 



For a particular account of the Arahian horses, the reader i« 

 referred to No. I. in the Appendix to these volumes. 



B 2 



