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tvhen Cut oiit a weight is fufpended at their 
lower extremity, to make them dry fooner. 
A round form is then given them by beating 
them with a mallet, obferving to make them 
taper to a point at one of the ends. Thofe 
which are made fmaller for riding have this 
advantage over thofe of Europe, that they 
never break, efpecially if from time to time 
care be taken to moiften them with a little oil* 
The {kin of the rhinoceros is employed for 
the fame purpofe ; and the inhabitants of the 
Cape give it the preference (though a whip 
made of this is far from being equally folid as 
that made of the other), becaufe it is capable of 
receiving a finer pollfh, has the beautiful co- 
lour of horn, and becomes almoft as tranfpa- 
rent. 
With regard to the planters, who have no 
tafte for elegance, and who prefer the ufeful 
to the agreeable, they employ only the former* 
Both, indeed, are fold at a very high rate, as the 
animals which furnifh the materials for mak- 
ing thefe whips are no longer found in the 
colonies, and as thofe individuals who fome- 
times penetrate farther are not always certain 
of meeting with them. 
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