and bending outward, his Fillets up∣right, strong and short, & not above an hand∣full between his last rib and his hucklebone, let his belly be well let down, yet hidden within his ribs, and let his stones be close trust up to his body: for all these are marks of health and good perfection, whereas to have his chine narrow, he will never carry a saddle without wounding: and to have it bending, or Saddle-backed, shews weakness.
To have his Ribs flat, there is no Liberty for wind.
To have his Fillets hanging, long or weak, he will never climb an hill, nor carry a burden.
And to have his belly clung up or gaunt, or his stones hanging down, loose, or a side, they are both signs of sickness, tenderness, foundring in the body, and unaptness for labor:
His Buttocks.
Then look upon his Buttocks, and see that they be round, plump, full, and in an even levell with his body▪ or of long, that it be well raised behind, and spread forth at the setting on of the tail, for these are comely and beautifull. The narrow pin-buttock, the hog or swine rump, and the falling and down-let buttock are full of deformity, and