Page:Annals of horsemanship (1792).djvu/143

 on its back; so the horse seldom atchieves it, without somebody upon his. To the latter therefore we must give the greatest share of merit, who ventures to perform upon a hard road what the other does only in the air, without even a cloud to brush against. The one preferring, it seems, the Milky, and the other the Highway.

Amongst horses I have never discovered a Pouter; but I have had a fine Puffer. The noise he made, however, and particularly when at his business, was not pleasant; and I let a neighbour have him cheap, who had a good three-stall museum, and a very heavy vehicle to draw; so that in all weathers he might enjoy the entertainment of his very extraordinary qualifications.

It is well known that there is a horse that is a Carrier, so is there a pigeon like-*