A general history of quadrupeds / the figures engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick.

  • Beilby, Ralph, 1743 or 1744-1817.
Date:
1807
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A general history of quadrupeds / the figures engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    GENERAL HISTORY OF Q^U ADRUPEDS, THE HORSE. {Equus Caballusy Linnseus.—Le Chevaly BufFon.) The various excellencies of this noble animal, the gran- deur of his stature, the elegance and proportion of his parts, the beautiful smoothness of his skin, the variety and gracefulness of his motions, and, above all, his utility, entitle him to a precedence in the history of the brute creation. The Horse, in his domestic state, is generous, docile, spirited, and yet obedient; adapted to the various pur- poses of pleasure and convenience, he is equally service- able in the draught, the field, or the race. There are few parts of the known world where the Horse is not produced; but if we would see him in the enjoyment of his native freedom, (unsubdued by the re- straints man has imposed upon him) we must look for him in the wild and extensive plains of Africa and Ara- bia, where he ranges without controul, in a state of entire independency. In those immense trails, the wild Horses may be seen feeding together, in droves of four or five hundred; one of them always acting as centinel, to give notice of approaching danger : this he does by a kind of A