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aboLir five inches tliickj is moiftened, it is again 
dried, and fpread as before. Thefe Horfes, which 
ftronglv refemblc each other, are ufiiallyof a flen- 
der make; their legs are fine, bony, and wide fet; 
their manes are thin ; their chefts are fine ; their 
heads are beautiful; their cars are fmall and 
pointed; their fhoulders are tliin; their fides are 
elegantly rounded; their crops are fomewhat 
longifli; and their tails are generally fet high. In 
Numidia, however, the race of Horfes is much de- 
generated; the natives having been difcouragcd 
from keeping up the breed by the Turks, who 
feize on all the good Horfes, without making their 
owners the leaft compenfation. The Tingitanians 
and Egyptians are now famed for rearing the fineft 
Horfes, both with refpe6l to beauty and fize. The 
fmallef!: of the Egyptian breed are about fixteen 
hands high; and their fymmetry is the moft exaft 
in nature. 
The Spanifh genette is generally ranked next to 
the barb. Thefe Horfes are fmall, but extremely 
beautiful and fleet. Their heads are pretty large; 
their manes are thick; their ears are long, but well 
pointed; their eyes are animated and lively; their 
Ihoulders are thickifh; their chefts are full and 
large; their croups are round and large; their legs 
are beautiful, and without hair; their pafterns are a 
little of the longeft; and their hoofs are fomewhat 
too high : neverthelefs, they move with great eafe, 
and carry themfelves very gracefully. They are 
ufually of a black, or dark bay colour, without any 
white marks ; and they are all branded on their 
buttocks with their owners names. Thole of the 
province of Andalufia are efteemed the beft : they 
are faid to poffefs courage, obedience, grace, and 
fpirit, in a very fuperior degree ; and have there- 
fore been preferred, as War-Horfes, to thofe of 
any other country. 
The Italian Horfes are now lefs beautiful than 
formerly, the breed having been greatly neglefted. 
Neverthelefs, there are ftill fome beautiful Horfes 
in that country, particularly among the Neapo- 
litans, who ufe them chiefly for draught. In ge- 
neral, they have large heads and thick necks; are 
reftive, and confequently ungovernable: thefe 
faults, however, arc recompenfed by tlie largenefs 
of their fize, their fpirit, and their graceful, eafy 
paces. They have a particular aptitude for pranc- 
ing, and are excellent for fliew. 
The Plorfes of Denmark are of a large, ftrong 
make, and therefore preferable to all others for the 
draught. Some of them are well fliaped; but in 
general they have thick necks, heavy flioulders, 
long hollow backs, and narrow croups ; however, 
they all m.ove with eafe, and are found to be well 
adapted either for parade or war. They pofll^fs all 
manner of colours, and often very whimfical ones; 
fome of them being mottled like the leopard, and 
others ftreaked like the tiger. 
The German Florfes, though originally fprung 
from Arabian and Barbary fl:ocks, are neverthelefs 
fmall and ill-fliaped; their hoofs are tender; and 
they are weak, and apt to be jaded. The Hun- 
garian Horfes, on the contrary, arc excellent both 
for the draught and faddle; and, when applied to 
the purpofes of war, their noftrils are ufually flit, 
deflgnedly, as we are informed, to prevent their 
neighing. 
No Horfes are preferable to thofe of the Dutch 
for the draught ; and for this purpofe they are ef- 
teemed over all Europe. The province of Frief- 
laind produces the befl:. The Flemifli Horfes are 
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milcli inferior to the former, having cdmmonly 
large heads, flat feet, and fwollen legs. 
France produces a very motley breed of Horfes, 
but few that are valuable. The befl: of tliat coun- 
try come from Limofin : thefe bear a fl:rong refem- 
blance to barbs; and, like them, are excellent for 
the chace, though a long time in arriving at per- 
fedlion ; while young, they mufl: be conduded with 
great care, and are not backed till eight years of 
age. Normandy alfo furnifhes fome good Horfes, 
though they are better adapted for war than the 
chace. French Horfes are ufually heavy-flioul- 
dered ; a fault oppofite to that of the barbs, which 
are commonly too thin in their flioulders, and con- 
lequently apt to be fhoulder-flipt. 
By great afliduity, and unceafing application, 
the Englifli Horfes are now become fuperior to 
thofe of any other part of the world, for fize, 
ftrength, beauty, and fleetnefs. In this ifland, in- 
deed, the breed of thefe creatures is as mixed as 
that of it's inhabitants. From the frequent intro- 
duftion of foreign Horfes, we can boafl; of a greater 
variety than any other country : few other king- 
doms produce more than one kind ; but ours, by a 
judicious mixture of the feveral fpecies, by the 
happy diverfity of our foil, and by our fuperior 
{k'lW in management, may triumph over the refl: of 
Europe in having brought this noble animal to 
the highefl: degree of perfeftion. The Englifli 
Horfe is at prefent known and allowed to excel 
the Arabian both in fize and fwiftnefs, to be more 
durable than the barb, and more hardy than the 
Perfian. To fuch amazing fleetnefs have fome of 
thefe animals arrived, that they have run a mile in 
little more than a minute, and frequently per- 
formed a race of four miles in lefs than feven mi- 
nutes. However, this fuperior degree of fwiftnefs 
is applicable only to fome particular Horfes ; for 
the generality fall confiderably fhort of it, notwith- 
fl:anding the eafy viiftory they gain over other Eu- 
ropean courfers. 
Thefe fleet Horfes derive their origin from Ara- 
bia, the feat of the purefl: and mofl: generous 
breeds. The hunter is a happy combination of 
the former with others of fuperior fl:rength, but in- 
ferior in fwiftnefs and lineage : this, in fad, is a ne- 
ceflTary union; for the fatigues of the chace require 
the fpirit of the one, as well as the vigour of the 
other, to fupport it. 
No other country can produce a breed of 
Horfes equal in fl:rength and fize to thofe of Eng- 
land which are defl;ined for the draught, or the 
combined fl:rength and adivity of thofe that com- 
pofe our cavalry. In the metropolis, there are 
inflrances of a fingle Horfe being capable of draw- 
ing, for a fmall fpace, three tuns weight; but 
which could eafily draw half that weight for a con- 
tinuance. It has been ufual for one of the York- 
fliire Pack-Horfes to carry a burden of four hun- 
dred and twenty pounds weight over the highefl; 
hills of the north, as well as along the mofl: level 
roads. Some of our Mill-Horfes will carry, at 
one load, thirteen meafures, which, at a moderate 
computation of feventy pounds each, will amount 
to upwards of nine hundred pounds. However, 
when it is confidered that the animals are habi- 
tuated to fupport thefe amazing weights by de- 
grees, and that the fpaces they travel are but fliort, 
the tafli will appear lefs furprizing. 
The increafe of population, the extenfion of 
manufaftures, together with the neglect of internal 
navigation, have occafioned the number of our 
Hordes 
