33$, COMMON HORSE. 
business of the footmen is to rouse the deer ; and 
that of the horsemen, to hunt it down. They all, 
at break of day, repair to the place appointed, 
which is generally on the summit of a hill, with 
every man his greyhound. The horsemen place 
themselves on the highest peaks ; whilst those on 
foot range the precipices, making an hideous 
noise, in order (o start the deer. Thus the com- 
pany extend themselves three or four leagues, or 
more, according to their numbers. On starting 
any game, the horse which first perceives it sets oft*, 
and the rider, being unable to guide or stop him, 
pursues the chase, sometimes down such a steep 
slope, that a man on foot, with the greatest care 
could hardly keep his legs; from thence he flies 
up a dangerous ascent ; or along the side of a 
mountain, so that a person, not used to this exer- 
cise, would think it much safer to throw himself 
out of the saddle, than commit his life to the pre- 
cipitate ardour of his horse. The other horses 
which join in the chase, do not wait for the riders 
to animate them ; they set forward immediately 
upon seeing another at full speed ; and it becomes 
prudent in the rider to give them their way, and 
at the same time to let them feel the spur, to 
carry him over the precipices. These horses are 
backed and exercised to this method of hunting ; 
and their usual pace is trotting. 
There are said to he very good horses in the 
Islands of the Archipelago. Those of Crete were 
in great reputation among the ancients, for their 
swiftness and force ; however, at present they 
are hut little used, even in the country itself* 
because of the unevenness of the ground, which 
is there very rocky and mountainous. The original 
horses of Morocco are much smaller than the Ara- 
bian breed ,* however, they are very swift and 
yigorous. In Turkey there are to be found 
