THE DAPPLE SIGN 53 



thought and be thankful to them for correcting 

 blunders. Thus, aiming at the truth, no matter 

 what I hit, I see in Western Europe a horse- 

 currenc}^ which is of striped extraction, and, 

 hke a coinage in bronze, silver and gold, has 

 evolved its moorland ponies, its lowland 

 draught stock, and its upland running breeds. 

 The measure of Bay blood stamps out its 

 values ; and, where one can decipher a device, 

 it is to read the dapple sign for one of the sun's 

 ow^n kingdoms. 



