Near Tavistock (1819)

Samuel Prout
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Devon West Country Studies sxWES/1819/PRO
Devon West Country Studies L SC3489
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SC3489
Location
CD 52 DVD 8
Publication Details
Date
1819
Publisher
Scope and Content
Rees's cyclopaedia. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1819. Vol. 18. Hib. - Inc. HORSE on a journey, Management of a. The common method of travelling in England being on horseback, it may be proper to give some general rules for keeping the creature sound, and doing the business agreeably, without many of the accidents which usually attend it. [...]It is always best to begin a long journey by short stages; and this is the more necessary, if the horse has not been exercised for some time before. If it be a horse that is ridden, he should be suffered to stale as often as he likes, and even invited to it; but if a mare, she is to be less indulged in it as less necessary, and often diminishing her strength. It is always advisable to ride very softly for a quarter of an hour, or half an hour before coming in to the inn at night, that the horse may not be over-hot when put into the stable; but if the haste of the journey will not admit of this, the horse should be walked in some person's hands, to cool him gently before he is put up.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
S.g.etch
Dimensions
195x283mm
Series
S56. PROUT, Samuel: SAMUEL PROUT'S NEW DRAWING BOOK, IN THE MANNER OF CHALK: 12 VIEWS IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND OF PICTURESQUE COTTAGES AT EXETER, EAST BOURNE, TAVISTOCK, LYNMOUTH, PENNYCROSS, ETC.
Note
A church tower and cottage (not Tavistock)
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Dates
1819