HORSE. 
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burthens we impose upon them, show a degree of 
patience and perseverance that cannot be too much 
admired. An intelligent writer informs us, that when 
pack-horses were used, they strictly adhered to the line 
of order and regularity which custom had taught them 
to observe, when they journeyed over trackless moors 
to carry the different manufactures and articles of 
traffic from one part of the kingdom to another. The 
leading horse, which was always chosen for his sa- 
gacity and steadiness, being furnished with bells, 
gave notice to the rest, who followed the sound, and 
generally without much deviation, though some- 
times at a considerable distance. The following in- 
stance will show with what obstinate perseverance 
they have been known to observe the line of their or- 
der. Some years ago, one of these horses which had 
been long accustomed to follow next to his leader, by 
accident or fatigue was thrown into an inferior rank : 
the poor animal, as if sensible of his disgrace, by the 
most strenuous exertions at length recovered his 
usual station, which he maintained during the re- 
mainder of his journey ; but on his arrival in the inn- 
yard he dropped down and died upon the spot, his 
life falling a sacrifice to his ambition. 
