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the Thames, where the Suffolk Punch had been produced at an earlier 
period, and perhaps a limited extent of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Such 
an animal is represented in the annexed engraving, which may, however, 
be regarded as, in some respects, exaggerating its characteristics, Tha 
short quarter looks still plainer from being foreshortened, and the shoulder 
is rendered more upright from the position adopted in grazing; but the 
coarse head, the hairy legs, the small comparative girth, and the general 
mean appearance, are well rendered, and are by no means unfavourable to 
the animal as he really existed. 
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OLD ENGLISH BLACK CART HOKSE, 
