NATURAL HISTORY. 
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Of their hides are made collars, and all 
kinds of harnefs ; their manes and tails are 
ufecL in perukes, lines for angling, covering 
for chair-feats, cords, floor-cloths, and a va- 
riety of other articles. 
Although they are endowed with vaft 
ftrength, and great powers, yet they feldom 
exert either to the prejudice of their maf- 
ters ; on the contrary, they will, cheerfully 
encounter the greateft fatigues for their be- 
nefit. They fear and love the human race, 
and are of a very benevolent difpofition. And 
yet, notwithftanding all the good qualities 
of this noble and generous animal, when he 
is fb enfeebled by age, and worn down by 
the fevere drudgery of his lordly mafter, 
as to be incapable of contributing any longer 
to his pleafure, his ambition, or his avarice, 
lie is (as if ingratitude was peculiar to the 
human fpecies) fold for fcarcely the worth 
of his bridle. In this flate of lamentable 
cxiftence, he is configncd to the cruel treat- 
ment of fome inhuman wretch, who chafli- 
fes him for that weaknefs incident to his old 
age, or which he has acquired in the fervi- 
tiulc of his former mafter, and thus tortures 
the remnant of his life, which fnould, were 
it only for paft fervices, be cheriflied with 
themoft tender care and attention. 
Such is the ftrength of the Englifh draught 
horfc, that in London they have been feen to 
draw three tons weight. In Yorkftiire, the 
pack- 
