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'P.MS

WORO$,

~",nng

lo;:icians,

are t!\cfc

r:l '1 He

Ibnul

dOIl

II!

O1":,lIlIl1g.

!\cC!"d",,: :u iVlr

I.",kc,

,he d"uh,l'ulo, fs aod uo·

('rrt~

¡t.ty

WN\h.

h.ls

li Se.lufe 1ll1'I CIn

lhc

iJc.ts

IhcllI-

1.1,,,, '!l;;Oin a'ly inc''1',ri,y

,he wu,Js 'o f:gllify

,hem; aoJ mir,h, he , .ollled, \\'"uld ptol'Jc al\\',,)'5 ule

,he [,me 'e'(\( 'o

,1<-00' ('

,he

r.lIlIC

ide.l, (" eolld liuo of

,deas: uut, adds he, i, " 1,,,,"

lioJ a dilcou,fe on

3ny ruhjell

here this is the e. fe;

prallice whieh

1';;:0

ooly

impu,ed

f'llly, or gl<:" d,OlOlIdly;

únce a

m~n,

io m, kiog up his ,¡(coums, might wi,1o

as muó fairocf! ufe ,he ou",e,,,1char,llklS fumNimls

for one, rometimes for a"other collcll,oo uf unilles.

EQY ' YOC.\L GENERAT ' ON, the prudll,q,uo of aoim,ls,

",ithout t!,e

iottrcr"rrl~

bema o lhe f, x" , by the io·

flueoce

,he fuo or Ihrs,

Ce.

T his k,nd of genewioo is nolV quite exploded hy

the learneJ.

EQUULEUS,or ECUULEus, in aotiqllil)', a kiod of

r.á uled for extoniog a eooftllion, a! órll ehieAy p' ,e–

tired

Odl'(S, but .rlwvards made ufe of aga,oll lhe

Chrill'aos,

The e<¡uuleu, was made of wood, haviog holes al

eenaio dillaoees, with • fcrew, by which lhe eri–

m,nal

IVdS

IIrctehed

the third, fomttimes to the

fourth, or fir,h hob, his arms aod I<gs beiog faOeo–

the equuleus with eords; aod thus was hoilled

aloft, aod exteoded io fueh a maooer, that all his

booes were diOoeated. lo this lIate red·hot plates

were applied to his body, aod he was goaded io lhe

údes w,tlt ao ioarument ealled uogul•.

EQ,UULUS, in aOrooomy

SeeAHRoNOMY, p. 487.

EQYUS, the

]-] OR SE ,

io zoology, a geous of quadru–

peds bdooging to the order or belle:\!. This geous

eomprebeods the horfe, the aCs, aod the zebra; they

have fix ereél aod parallel fore·teeth io the uppe, j'w,

aod fix fomewhat proolloeot oocs io the uoder jaw;

the dog-tmh are rulitary, aoo at a eooúderable dif–

taoee frúm the reO ; aoJ the feet eooúll of an uodi·

vided hoor. The horre is a dom"lie animal, and the

figure aod di,molioos of his body ' I'e fo well koown,

.hdt. geoml "e(criptioo is altogether uooeeelr.I'Y.

We !h,1I thmfure eonfioe ourrdves to the oalural hif–

toryof this ooblc aoiroal.

T he horfe, 'o a domenie Om , is • bold aod fiery

20imal ; equ.lly illtrepid as bis mafler, he raees d. oger

aod death with a,dour aod magoaoimity. He delights

io the ooife . od tumult of arms, and feems to feel the

glory of viflory: he fxults io the chaCe ; his eyes

fparkk wilh emulatiooio

th~

courIC. Ilut though buld

and iom pid, he is doeileand

mél~ble:

he koows how

to governaod check theo.lIural viv.eityao<l tire or bis

ttmper. He not ooly yielos to the haod , but feems to

coofult the rnclioalloo of "is "der. CooO.otl yobedi–

t'nt to lhe

implefllolls

recti\'es, !us mOlinns íue cn–

mely

rc~ulotCrI

by lhe will or his m:,ner. He io rome

mearure «(¡cos his very exilleore tO the plrafu ,. of

mano

He rlclivctS up h" wholc powm

he refcrvel

Q..

oOlh:n.:; h·: will L,d'er die thaodif..bly. ",'ho cr,ld

'0""1'1' ,,, rce

eh.,rdI'kr 1;,

o,)~lc a~ukJ !

\Vho

co.ld

be l'.'ult), or Cnd, grols ua,b"ity!

T llIsch'fdlkr,

'¡lC>II.~h

o,tlur,tI tO the aoimal, is io

fllm~

mealure lhe

eft~(l

01'

edueatioo. His educauoo

eOIll,,,,oCes witb the 1"ls of hlol'll)', aod it is

r,,,,n,,c1

by c"oll rarot. T ilt O.lvery n( lhe horfe is fu an,ient

and

1(,

unive",I, dw he is bllt r,trcly fceo

lo'

oarur.tI

fiar e. Several a"óeot IVriters

t.dk

ui' wil,J horfes, aorl

eveo

mellti~o

the pl.ees where 'h,y ",cre to be found.

Ilel'uJotos t"kts notiee oi' wh:te r<vagc ha, fes io Sey–

th,.; ¡\,illude la)'s, they are to be fOllnd io SyriJ;

Fli"y,

III

the oonh«o ,egulOs ; aoel Strdbo,

Sl'~ill

:rod lh ! Alps. !\moog the moderos, Leartluo f.'j",

th,1t wrlcl ho,fes are tObe loun,l io tI,e lIighlaods of

5ec1II.IIId, on" the

kney lOes; Ol,us, in Mufeovy;

Darper, in tbe in,tod ur C)'prus ; Leo anJ IIh rmol, io

AraOI,t

,,,,el

.'\(,.iea,

Oc.

But, as Europe is almoll e–

quall)' IItha!,, 'ed, wrld hurrrs 'Ie not tO be met wlth io

aoy Iwt

01' " ;

and tho!e o( Ilmerie. IV/re

orr~io,lIy

Iranrpon:o fmm Europc by the Spaoiards;

f~r

this

rpceies or ,,,imals Jid out exill io thc oew IVOrlJ.

!he

SI',lOiards e.",ied over a gre.t oumbtr of horfes,

I~rl

themio (:ilTerent iOaods,

Oc.

IVith a view

prn?'gate

tlt.tt

llrcful 'aoim:rl io their colooi".

b.re

havem;tl–

tirlILd lIleredibly io the vaO

def.ms

or lhofe thioly peo·

plcd eOllotries, where they

10.10

at brgc, lVithout dOy

rdlraiot.

1\1.

~;Jlle

relates, tha! he f, ,,, io ,he

)'ear

1635,

horf« ftlrliog io

e meado",s or Nunh

AOleriea, oear lhe b"y of St Lcuis, ",hieh lVere ro re·

rocioos dw nobc,Jy dllrll e,)me tlear theot.

Oe~·

Oldio fa)'s, that he

h.tS

feeo Idlge trOO?S of them ro

St Dumiogo runoing

III

th: ,zlle)s; th,tl wheo,oy per–

fon approaehed, lhey all 1I0pt ; .od oae

01'

them

wo,~ld

ad,'aoce till wi,hio , emaio d,!laoce, theo roon lV" h

his nofe, take to I,is hecls, .od the whole trOOParter

him . EI'ery autito, who takcs ootiee

thefe horres

of America, aglee Iha! the)' ,re rouller aod lers

han~.

fomé than thofe of Europe. There lelations futno·

eotly prol'e, that the horfe wheo "full liben)',

lhou~h

not a

~erce

or d,oInf,crous

ani1urtl,

has no

inclmatWR

r.,o

a{[oeiate wi tb o),lnk, nd . that all ,he Coflnefs and dul1,–

lity or his tcmper pr;eeeds

entire~y

fromthe

eult~re

aoo poh!h he teeei"es io his domen,c edueattoo, whrch

io fome meafure eommeoees as

lo~o :rs

he il broughl

fonh.

The motions o( the horfe

:ce

ehicOy regulmd

I,X

the bit aod the [pur' the bit ,,,rorms himholV

(t–

n'éI his eOllrfe, aorl ;hefpur (Juickens hlS pa:e.

T~e

mouth of the hnrfe is eodowed ..,th ao .mwog

fe~.,·

hillty: the fl ightdl mOlino or prefl'ure

the bit gIV!S

hilO warniog, aod iollaorl)' dCIL"moe$ hlS

c~ulfe

The horre h" OOt ooly • gr,todrnr in his

~eoc,,1

ap–

p/Araoee, bUl there is thegremll [)'mmetrl ,0J pro·

ponioo in the drtrcreot pans nr his bo<l)'. The reg u -

I~"ty

.,t,J

rrnp~"

tiun

I~r

the tli,ferenl

~AllS.

orthe

I:~:~

~IVl'S

hllll

' 0

alr or Itghtods, II'h,eh Il 1l , 11 lurr o .

';y the II reogt!t aoo b"ulyuf his l'h<fl.

H~ rre~"

1.11

head as ir lI'illiog tn

~ x,1t

hirnfdf Jbol'e d,e rllo,I",,'"

of o;h« 'luaJrurrds : his r)'C! are

~rcn

Jod

h\ "~i;