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lavater’s 
jTiild difpofition and gentle manners, bis figure, 
upon the whole, is materially difierent from our’s ; 
for, even as he hands, his difproportioned arms 
reach the ground, while the brute appears, either 
by the wide diftance between his mouth and nofe, 
or by. the nearnels of thefe two parts, without any 
fymrnetry of features. 
Some of thefe brutes, how^ever, arc not fo ugly 
as they generally appear ; nor would it be proper 
to difguft our leaders wdth their particular defcrip- 
lion ; but, palfing over various kinds who inhabit 
the coaft of Africa, we mufi: mention the Chinefe 
bonnets, or monkeys, who can only be half tamed ; 
yet they catch crabs or lobfiers very dexteroufly, 
by entangling their tails with the claws of fliell- 
filh. 
In the clafs of four-footed animals, the horfe is 
moft eminently diftinguifiied for his beautiful figure, 
courage, firength, docility, and ufe to mankind : 
he unites with a regular lhape both elegance and 
juft proportion in all parts of his body. Who 
better than the Sacred Writer* could defcribe this 
noble animal, the friend and companion of man 
Compared 
THE HORSE. 
* Haft thou given the horfe ftrength ? Haft thou clothed his 
neck, with thunder ? Canft thou make him afraid as a grafhopper ? 
The 
