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other side of the gate. You admire the fine 

 coats of these horses and cattle; but if you 

 were to consider the subject attentively, you 

 would find that all smooth animals, as their 

 forms are determined by marked outlines, 

 and the surfaces of their skins produce strong 

 reflections of light, have an effect on the 

 eye, correspondent to what irritating rough- 

 ness has on the touch: while the coats of 

 animals which are rough and shaggy, (like 

 those of the horses and the ass on the other 

 side,) by partly absorbing the light, and 

 partly softening it by a mixture of tender 

 shadows, and thus connecting and blend- 

 ing it with that which proceeds from sur- 

 rounding objects, produce an effect on the 

 eye similar to that which an undulated, and 

 gently varied smoothness affords to the 

 touch/' 



" So, I find," said Mr. Seymour, " that 

 these horses and cattle, have a rough, irri- 

 tating effect on my eye which I never should 

 have suspected : and yet you, who refer 

 every thing so much to painting, were de- 

 lighted with two pictures in the gallery, in 



