NATURAL HISTORY. 
rhe HORS E. 
F all quadrupeds, the liorfe is the mod 
generous, ftrviceable, and beautiful. 
There is none to which man is more indebted. 
Wild horfes herd together, in alTemblies of 
five or fix hundred, and depute one as a cen- 
tinel to guard the reft while flceping. Ara- 
bia is the mod famous for this animal in its 
wild date. . But the Englifh hoi'fe excels all 
in file, utility, and fwiftnefs. It is longer 
lived than the Barb, and more hardy than 
the Perfian. The famous Childers was fb 
fleet as to run a mile in a ininutc. The Eng- 
lifli hunters are allowed to be the mod ule- 
ful horfes in the world. To give a ' deferip- 
tion of this well-known animal is unnecefTa- 
ry, as there is fcarcely a country in which he 
is not to be found. Spain, Italy, Denmark, 
Germany, Hungary, Holland, Flanders, France, 
Crete, Morocco, Turkey, Perfia, India, Chi- 
na, Tartary, and Arabia, abound with various 
fpecies of them, which difler according to the 
foil and climate of the country. But the ge- 
neral received opinion is, that the native clime 
of this noble animal is Arabia, to which all 
the countries abo\'e mentioned arc indebted 
for the different breeds of horfes they uof- 
fefs. ^ ^ 
Its difpofition to war caufed it to be confe- 
crated to Mars, the god of battle. 
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