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roughly, the range of bearded horses is that 

 of long dark nights. 



The Register of Size. The size of horses 

 varies with their nourishment. 



On the scattered but rich bunch grasses of 

 the desert, where there is much travel for a 

 little food, the pasture registers the stature 

 of the Bay as about fourteen hands two inches. 



The scattered but rich bunch grass of the 

 American steppe makes horses prosperous in 

 summer but famished in the winter, so that the 

 pasture registers a smaller horse than that of 

 the desert — up to thirteen hands. Under the 

 same conditions we may take the register of the 

 Dun in Asia as up to thirteen hands. 



The poor grass of the British moors registers 

 a pony of ten to eleven hands. 



Strong feeding of grain and hay registers 

 stabled horses up to nineteen hands. 



The great abundance of green turfed grass 

 the year round in North-western Europe 

 should, under its best conditions, register as 

 large a horse as either steppe or desert. 



The Three Pastures. The Bay pasture 

 and the Dun pasture are each of continental 

 size, wheras the green pature is onl}^ a small 

 province. In the same way, the rock forma- 

 tions of the Bay and the Dun pastures are each 



