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Yu¡'<ful tO tlle w'!lltry (.!l I·lcr. Tlle

Lllu\\' "1,,1e"'III·colulllcel

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Utttl'r dl"nr.:J, hOlh

IlIr

b., IItY

anJ IIf".

11",fc

horCes tI,.u "le :iody fpot–

t,,1wllh 1:.IY rulol"s 1,l.e kopwls .¡re

g,e.t rality,

aod lo, dIAl re,fun "re coly io the hands of

Src.lt

Iilcll.

There is fume

d.ff:

reoce io h'lrfe¡ a' cording lO

1~1~ dilTc:r~nl

countl it's \\ here Ih",\' are

br~J.

For

ij}·

f~i\nce,

Fr,lOcc, dlOft ol'

B ret;~ne

aré prclty flrong

m,lde, aod

h.ve

gellm lly bla(k hai" or brolVo U3y ;

.00 they have good

I~gs

anJ feet, with a hardy l1louth,

aoJ a head Ihon ami ilcOly; uut in

nwl they are

I"cny clumfy. T he hodes 01 Fr.lnd,e C",npté ....e

{lltIIU hare thc I--As of

ti~crs,

3nd thc belly uf a hil'd;

!>1It

th,y .re Ihort and thiek, anel of a l1liJJle (¡ ze;

beirg mueh mnre p,orer fnr draIViug than ridlllg,

The hOICe, of C;.fcooy are net uolike thoCe of SI'.lin ;

hut

t~ey

al e not

hand(olne,

~'"

alli"e, aod th«e–

lore Ihey ue mure proper

drJw cm i'ges. T he

J.irn,,(¡o horfes are Ieryvicinu" and are ruoJ for liltle

lilllheyare (¡x yew olJ. Their colon; is genmlly

b3y, or a bay bruwn. The horICs of Nurrnaody are

much 1:l.e Ihofe of fl relagoe ; aod Ihofe of Poituu

ha"e good budles, les" feet, and eyes

but they are

f., froOl ueiog haodfome .

The horf,s of Gcrmany are much beller aod more

hanJfome thao tI:ofc of the Low cOllotries. T hc)' Jre

uf grt,t

uf~

for earriaAcs

but much more for the ar–

m)', ami for dl awiog the arti ller)'. Theyhave a great

deal of harr, efpeci.lly about Ihe legs. They are oot

large, bllt they are well fet

and yet they have teoder

fm.

Thl Huog.,iaohorfesare e¡¡cellent for the coach,

a! well

for ndiog; but they are large,

thou~b

IVell

proportiooed, and they are of all colours, aod in ge–

neral very f,.ifl.

The RriliO, horfes are of all kiods, they haviog

heen brooghl at ndl from different counrries; but for

raeers no couolry can equal them, they havioAbeen

bred from \Vhat are called ba,bs, T he DaoiO, horfes

are low, fhon . aod fquare; but ,hey have a (¡oe head,

aod fhon 'hair, The horfes of the Low·couotries are

very nt for the coac h, aod they are ben koowo by Ihe

name of Flaoders·mares.

he PoliO, horfes are like

the DaoiO,; ooly they have oot fo

fin~

a fore ·haou :

their colour is geoerally a bright bay, aod that of Ihe

Outward pcel of nn onioo ; aoJ they are fie r)' aou vi–

ciou!. The horfes of Swilzerland are prwy much

h~t

thofc of Germany; IVhich is 00 wonder, (¡oce Ihe

(;erm,os purchafe a great oumbcr of Ihelll, The

horfes of P"dmont are (¡ery. of a middlc (¡ze, aod of

all fOilS of colours; their legs are gOI,d aod haod–

lome, thcir eyes noe, Ihe" ears linall, aod 'heir

moulh! good; but they do OOt carry Ihei r heilds

well

The

h~rfes

N~plts

aou 1,.1)' are genmlly ill

made, ar.d lean; and )'e, they a'e

~ood

aocl "feíul, for

'hey

are

lil,ht aou proper for

racil\~,

tholll:1r nOI fllr a

!oog cou,fe; tllcy oever du ",di io a culder

cli~ale.

fhe Sp,oilh h",fl's are ver)' \Vdl m:ulc, aodlr,IOdllJlllt',

"".11

os Il ryaétll'e ,0.1 oirnuJ.: ; ,h,y

JI',.

",,,,,1eyls,

I"'odfome 1,,, a",1 lreods, anu

e.I; I)' n\.ll:J

(d i

VH .

L No.

47,

they are alfu good fnr n c'"g if lhey are \Vell kept :

h'JWl'n:r,

lhl!y

,¡re nut

gOOt!

in llollhcrn clin'3{(,s

io Ih, ir owo cOllorr)'. T he T llrkrlh ho,fes are o( dif–

lellat Ih::pcs; U"I Ilrey ",e geoe"dly fwift, thou::h

Ihcrr moulhs are b,,1, Mon of them are \Vh:te

Iho'

tI,tle are olhcr colollls

aod the, are laree, harJ)'.

rrlO::,

aod fi t for ¡j,e ro.J.

·1he horfes uf

B..

baIY, commool)' called barl:s,

have Ilroog hnofs, aud are more prop' r for r3cing Ih,o

anj' olhers whatever : fome h,,·c fllJ they

o~"el ~ro"

old, btcallfe dl.y prefe, ve their vigour 10 the lall.

The)' are excellent iI, lIioos

and fOlOe of them are u–

feJ

:IS

fuch io Il r:tain: howel'er, Ihe Aral·i,o hOlfes

are 0019uile fo gllod as the 'B"bar)', dlOU¡;h fome

th ok th.:y Jre bOlh of the faOle :../,d, ooly thufe that

.re

ufed '" the d<fem of Arabi, •

-c

alIVays io aél'ioo,

The ho,fes uf the golJ coan of C·.íinea are very few

io oumulf, aod io other

pms

that coafl there are

none at all ; for m,oy cf ,he olgrues, when thcy have

been (¡rn brou&ht over 10 ou r American rlaolations,

hal'e , xprdfeJ

grc~t

admiratioo at Ihe (¡ght of a horfe,

ao<l e"ell been 3fralJ to cc:l\c oear one.

The horlcs of the C. pe of C;ood Hope wcre ori&í–

nally blough t from Per(¡a; aod they are geoerally

(,nall aod of , chefou t colour

for thefe that are nl –

tives of that cOllnrry are all wild, and could oe,·" )'et

be ,amed . The horfes of Chioa are good, and more

panieu lu ly thofe io the province Yun Nao, for they

are very vigorons, thouSl, a li¡¡le low. T he horfés of

the Eluth Tarta,s Jre gooel and full of 6re; aod tildr

(¡lo is much Ihe

f.me

as the Polifh horfes : Ihey are

afraid of oothiog, not el'en of lioos and tigers; but

perh~ps

this may be owiog tO ule, In the country

of the MoglIl Ihey are very numewus, aod of all co–

lours : the)' are generally of the miJdle fize, tho'

th.re

are fome as large aod as haoMome as thofe in Europe.

The wild horfes of Tarrary dilfer litde from the lame

but theyare fo fwift, that they ""oid the arrows of the

moti O,ilful hunter!, [Plate LXXV, ng.

I.J

For the method of rraiolog aoel maoagiog horfes,

fee HORSUtANSH IP ; ar.d for theirdifeafes andeure,

fec FA RRIERY.

The ars is likewife a domenlc animal, and' eafily

difliosuifhcd from the horCe al (¡,n (¡ght

we never

coofouod thefe

'wo

aoimals, eveo though Ihey OlOuld

happen to be of Ihe f,lme colour and f1"ure; howev",

when \Ve view the diITeren! pans

the afs, \Vhether

the ex,eroal or iOlerool, aod compare them wi lh the

correfpo"ding pans of the l\IIrfe, the reft'mhlanee of

thefe pans is fo perfeél, that \Ve are furprifed tO fiod

the individuals fo dilfcrco' and fo ,,(¡Iy diflinguifhable

by Ihe e)'e. From this cireulOllaoce, fome

oaturalifl~

have eoo('dered the afs aod the hnrre tO he the f"hte

fpeeics of animals

¡,lid

Ihp.t the fOl all

difl~rcoces

be–

Iwelo them are

~ecident:rI.

or OlliOI: \0 Ihe inflncoee of

clllnatc. culture,

é e,

Linn:-rus's Ipcci(¡e mark of the

horfe is. tlm d,e whole ,ail is c!>"ered with loog h.lir

anJ

fpeeilic or:rrk of Ihe als is, d,at Ihe lail has

IIIlIg hair ullly towarcls Ihe r"iol, and a bldCk erofs o–

l'er Ihe lll(O"lders. 00 the OIhel' har.d, whro wc cOo–

Crdl r

lile difli.·llnC"('s

in thl' trmpl'r, Ih\!

m.lnnl'rs~n, 1

J:li)u(¡ti~ns

lf d,& tlln ""im,rls,

an~,

abe"e all , the

impotr:,