very true one, that amongst the present breed of Horses in this
nation, a man of any tolerable judgment can hardly find one in
fifty fit for his purpose, whether designed to draw or ride;
whereas if the purchasers would endeavour to make themselves
masters of this mechanism, the breeders of every kind of Horses
must consult it also, or keep their useless ones in their own
hands, which I conceive would be a proper punishment for their
ignorance.

And now the author appeals not to the illiterate and unlearned
(whose obstinacy is too great to receive insturction, and whose
prejudices are too strong to be obliterated by any reasons) but to
the candid and impartial inquiry of reasoning and unprejudiced men
into these principles, and hopes this may be a means of exciting
some more able pen, to vindicate a truth so many ages buried in
darkness. If aught conducive to the pleasure or use of manking
shall accrue from these hints, he will think himself happy; on the
other hand, if the principles ehre advanced should prove
erroneous, and any man be kind enough to point out the fallacy of
them, he will kiss the rod with chearfulness** and submission.

FINIS.