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368 A TOUR THROUGH
had not been a few godly people amongst
them, their whole city would certainly
have been involved in one universal de-
struclion.
The horse races of Malta are of a very
uncommon kind. They are performed
without either saddle, bridle, whip, or
spur; and yet the horses are said to run
full speed, and to afford a great deal of
diversion. They are accustomed to the
ground for some weeks before; and al-
though it is entirely over rock and pavement,
there are very seldom any accidents. They
have races of asfes and mules performed in
the same manner, four times every year.
The rider is only furnished with a ma-
chine like a shoemaker's awl, to prick on
his courser if he is lazy.
As Malta is an epitome of all Europe,
and an assemblage of the younger brothers,
who are commonly the best, of its first fa-
milies,
had not been a few godly people amongst
them, their whole city would certainly
have been involved in one universal de-
struclion.
The horse races of Malta are of a very
uncommon kind. They are performed
without either saddle, bridle, whip, or
spur; and yet the horses are said to run
full speed, and to afford a great deal of
diversion. They are accustomed to the
ground for some weeks before; and al-
though it is entirely over rock and pavement,
there are very seldom any accidents. They
have races of asfes and mules performed in
the same manner, four times every year.
The rider is only furnished with a ma-
chine like a shoemaker's awl, to prick on
his courser if he is lazy.
As Malta is an epitome of all Europe,
and an assemblage of the younger brothers,
who are commonly the best, of its first fa-
milies,