Crass I. HO te 2S 
Arabia; the feat of the pureft, and moft generous 
breed. * 
The fpecies ufed in hunting, is a happy com- 
bination of the former with others fuperior in 
ftrength, but inferior in point of fpeed and line- 
age: an union of both is neceffary ; for the fa- 
ticues of the chace muft be fupported by the fpi- 
rit of the one, as well as by the vigor of the other. 
No country can bring a parallel to the ftrength 
and fize of our horfes deftined for the draught; or 
to the activity and ftreneth united of thofe that 
form our cavalry. 
In our capital there are inftances of fingle horfes 
that are able to draw on a plain, for a {mall fpace, | 
the weight of.three tuns; but could with eafe, ~ 
and for a continuance draw half that weight +. 
The pack-horfes of York/bire, employed in convey- 
ing the manufactures of that county to the moft re- 
mote parts of the kingdom, ufually carry a burden 
- of 420 pounds; and that indifferently over the 
higheft hills of the north, as well as the moft level 
roads; but the moft remarkable proof of the 
ftrength of our Briti/b horfes, is to be drawn. from 
that of our mili-horfes: fome of thefe will carry at 
* For a particular account of the 4rabian horfes, the reader 
is referred to No. I. in the Appendix to this volume. 
+ Holling {bed makes it a matter of boaft, that in his time, 
five horfes could draw with eafe for a long journey 3000]b.. 
weight, 
B2 one 
STRENGTS, 
