STtID BOOK. 41 



The Finland horses are smaller than the Swedish, seldom 

 more than twelve hands, but finely formed, fleet, and good in 

 their paces, trotting twelve miles an hour with ease. 



The Norwegian horses are larger than the Swedish, and 

 are very hardy, and remarkably sure-footed, as would be the 

 case from the hilly nature of the country. 



The Eussian horse scarcely merits a separate notice, the 

 ordinary breed being only distinguished for its ugliness, to- 

 wajjfls which its woolly hair in no slight degree contributes. 

 They are hardy, patient, and bold. 



