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treated, it is an elegant and spijited animal, with good action and 

 smooth coat. 



Neither a.<!8es nor horses were originally found in America, 



Domestic Abs. 



though the climate, and especially of that part called North Ame- 

 rica, is as good for them as any other : those which the Spaniards 

 have transported from Europe, and which they have left in the 

 West Indies and on the Continent, have greatly multiplied ; and 

 in some parts Wild Asses are found in troops, and are taken in 

 snares like wild horses. The Wild Asses of America, will not 

 Buffer a horse to live among them. Woe to the horse that chances 



