HISTORY 



OF QUADRUPEDS. 



1 i 



The Common CART-HORSE 



is inferior to the lad in fize and ftrength: His form is 

 heavy, his motions flow, and his afpe£l without fpright- 

 linefs : He is neverthelefs extremely ufeful, and is em- 

 ployed in the bufinefs of agriculture and other domeflic 

 concerns. 



Till of late years, Pack-Horfes were employed, in the 

 northern counties of England, to carry the different ma- 

 nufactures and articles of traffic from one part of the 

 kingdom to another \ but the improved (late of our roads 

 has caufed that mode of conveyance to be almoft entirely 

 laid afide. In their journies over tracklefs moors, they 

 ftrictly adhere to the line of order and regularity cuftom 

 has taught them to obferve : The leading Horfe, which 

 is always chofen for his fagacity and fteadinefs, being 

 furnifhed with bells, gives notice to the reft, who follow 

 the found, and generally without much deviation, though 

 fometimes at a confiderable diftance. The following in* 



