HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



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The HUNTER 



is a happy combination of the Race-Horfe with others 

 of fuperior ftrength, but inferior in fwiftnefs ; and may- 

 be confidered as the moft ufeful breed of Horfes in Eu- 

 rope. Their fpirit and activity in the field is well 

 known, and can only be equalled by the perfeverance 

 with which they endure the much more fevere labour of 

 polling on the road, which is now carried on by this 

 active and hardy race, with a celerity unknown at any 

 former period. 



Geldings of this kind are fent over to the continent 

 in great numbers: Their fuperior worth is univerfally 

 acknowledged abroad; and they are fold at very high 

 prices to foreigners of the flrft diftin&ion. 



The mixture of this with others of inferior rank forms 

 an endlefs variety, the different gradations becoming too 

 minute to be difcriminated. 



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