HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



bia, where he ranges without controul, in a (late of en- 

 tire independency. In thofe immenfe tracts, the wild 

 Horfes may be feen feeding together, in droves of four 

 or five hundred ; one of them always acting as centinel, 

 to give notice of approaching danger ; This he does by a 

 kind of fnorting noife, upon which they all fly off with 

 aftonifhing rapidity. The wild Horfes of Arabia are 

 efteemed the mo ft beautiful in the world : They are of a 

 brown colour, their mane and tail of black tufted hair, 

 very fhort ; they are fmaller than the tame ones, are ve- 

 ry active, and of great fwiftnefs. The moft ufual me- 

 thods of taken them are by fnares or pits formed in 

 the fand.- — It is probable there were once wild Horfes 

 in Europe, which have long fince been brought under 

 fubjection. Thofe found in America were originally of 

 the Spanifh breed, fent thither upon its firft difcovery, 

 which have fince become wild, and fpread themfelves 

 over various parts of that vaft continent. They are ge- 

 nerally fmall, not exceeding fourteen hands high; with 

 thick heads and clumfy joints: Their ears and necks 

 are longer than thofe of the Englifh Horfes. They are 

 eafily tamed ; and if by accident they be fet at liberty, 

 they feldom become wild again ; but know their m af- 

 ter, and may be eafily caught by him. 



