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imwieldy > the camel is deformed j the lion thick- 
headed j the afs ill-lhaped ^ and the ox fhort-footed. 
A horfe’s tail ought to be long, waving, and 
proportioned to his lize. A right medium guards 
him againft thofe inconveniences to which every 
rider is no ftranger. 
His head ought to be dry and Aim, without being 
too long j his ears, not diftant from each other, 
fmall, Ifraight, fixed, flender, and placed high on 
his head. The forehead fhould be narrow, and a 
little convex, or rifing in a circular form like the 
outfide of a globe j with plump cheeks, thin eye- 
lids, clear, lively, and fparkling eyes, pretty large, 
and even with his head, with a large ball or apple 
of the eye : his nether jaw lean and Aim ; the nofe 
a little bent ; a thin partition ; open and well- 
cloven noArils; delicate lips, with a middling Ait; 
high and Aiarp withers ; dry, Aat, and pretty broad 
Aioulders ; his back fmooth, but Aoping infenfibly 
lengthways, and riAng on both Ades of the fpine 
or back-bone, which ought to appear' as if it were 
driven into his body. 
tempt to convey the fame ideas in a modern flile, adapted to the 
more refined or corrupted tafte of the times : nay, had Dr. Sue been 
converfant with Pope’s writings, he likewife would have quoted and 
admired the preceding fublime lines on this noble animal, the fa- 
vourite friend of man. 
His 
