The Hiftory 0 / ANIMALS, 
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H E fore-teeth of the Equus are fix ; the upper ones are incurvated, and the 
JL inferior are prominent: the canine teeth are not exerted ; they are on each fide 
feparated by a fpace from the other : the hoof is undivided, and the teats are two, and 
• are fituated in the groin. 
Equus cauda undique fetofa. 
The Equus , with the tail hairy all over . 3 Zl)t 
The horfe is one of the noblefi: animals of the creation; he is in ftrength and na¬ 
tural fiercenefs equal to any, and is yet eafily tamed, and made fit for our purpofes: 
fcarce any creature excels him in fwiftnefs, any more than in ftrength, and hardly any 
in beauty. 
The head is long and large ; the eyes large and prominent; the ears ered and beau- 
tiiul: the neck is long and thick, elegantly formed and decorated with a mane of long 
hair, like that of the lion : the body is rounded, and beautifully turned j the legs are 
ftrong without being bulky; the tail is long and hairy all the way; thq hairs on it 
refemble thofe of the mane, but that they are longer, thicker, and more beautiful. 
The horfe is a native of fome parts of Europe, and in it’s wild fate has a great ma- 
jefiy of appearance; it is kept tame for the purpofes of draught and carriage, in all 
the known countries of the world, where it is either native, or to be had by means of 
commerce. 
Equus cauda extrema fetofa . 
The Equus , with the tail hairy at the end\ 
The afs confiderably refembles the horfe in many refpeds, but it gives but a faint 
and mean copy of that noble animal j it is fmaller, and wants the fymmetry as well as 
the dignity of appearance fo confpicuous in that generous animal. 
The head of the afs is long ; the ears are very long and narrow : they feem much 
over proportioned in length to the head, and have no very elegant cffed in the appear¬ 
ance they give to the whole head: the eyes are large, but they have nothing bright 
or firiking in their afped: the neck is moderately long, but it is lank, and not finely 
turned : the body is rounded, and the back lomewhat dep-effed j the legs are long and 
fender, and the tail is very long, but it is not hairy all the way, as in the horfe, but 
only at the end. 
The afs is covered with a fhort and coarfe fur, of a pale dun colour, and has a 
freak ot black running down it’s back, and acrofs the fhoulders; it’s neck does not 
wholly want the beauties of a mane, but it is fhorter and lefs regular than in the 
horfe. j 
The afs is wild in many of the warmer countries; and authors, who are fond of 
multiplying fpecies, fuppofe it different in this wild fare from the tame afs, and call it 
Onager. Many have defcribed it under this name as a diffind fpecies, not obferving 
that their defcriptions gave no fpecific mark of diftindion. 
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The horfe and afs are fo nearly allied, that they will copulate together, and the 
produce is a mule j a creature of a middle nature between it’s two parents, but inca¬ 
pable or propagating it’s fpecies 5 fo careful is nature to avoid filling the world with 
monfters. 
Equus 
