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A TRUE HORSE WHICH WAS FOUND IN THE FOSSIL BEDS OF TEXAS: PEEISTOCENE 



It is interesting to note that this country was possessed of several species of wild horses, 

 but these died out long before the advent of the Indian on this continent. The present wild 

 horses of our western plains are merely stragglers from the herds brought over by the 

 Spaniards and other settlers. When Columbus discovered America there were no horses 

 on the continent, though in North America horses and camels originated (see text, page 399). 



From drawings by Cliarles K. Knight 



THE FOREST HORSE OF NORTH AMERICA (hYPOHIPPOS MIOCENE) 



This animal is supposed to have inhabited heavy undergrowth. It was somewhat off the true 

 horse ancestrv and had three rather stout toes on both the fore and hind feet. 



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