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 bending a joint of them, or, how he can meet with an impediment to throw him down upon ground perfectly smooth!—but so it is. The Daisy-cutter is admirably easy in his motion, and having once made the experiment, upon, and from his back, I am perfectly satisfied, and now keep him for my wife's own riding.

Of this variety, there is still a variety: this horse I likewise possess, and keep as a curiosity. I imagine he must come from some distant country, although he is nick'd after the English fashion; for I cannot get any native to ride him twice:—I have tried a Frenchman with no better success. All declining a second attempt. This animal resembles the Daisy-cutter perfectly in the use of his fore legs: but, instead of carrying his head and neck horizontally, like him, they are raised so high, that his ears are in a perpendicular line with the pommel of the saddle, and his eyes always fix'd on the heavens. His fore parts, when in motion, by this means, much resemble a double fish-hook, or an anchor, as