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and apparently printed witli a tint to distinguish each in the various groups of the animal, by 

 sober greys, reds, and blaclvs. The style might be classed as that of the media3val, and the 

 horses might pass for those sketched in the time of Albert Durer, though with a more rigid 

 adherence to nature. They exhibit, what may be noticed in the Elgin marbles, a breed of 

 small stature and finely formed limbs, such as are found in southern countries. There is great 



freedom of hand shown in the drawing. The animals are represented in various attitudes, 

 curvetting, gambolling, and rolling upon the ground, positions requiring and exhibiting an 

 ability in foreshortening, which is found, with no small surprise, in Asiatic art. 



Another example of Japanese art before us is a species of frieze, if we may so call it, cut in 



