

THE COLT. 



A YOUNG horse is called a Colt, and when it arrives at a 

 proper age, which is when it is full grown, and its bones 

 and muscles fully developed, it is harnessed by the side of 

 a steady, well-trained horse, and thus learned to draw loads, 

 and obey the commands of its master. It has now become 

 a horse. Horses are found in almost all parts of the world, 

 and are of various breeds, each differing more or less in 

 size and appearance. The Cart Horse is large, stout, strong, 

 and heavy : some of them are nearly six feet high to the top of 

 the back behind the neck. The Shetland Pony, on the con- 

 trary, is sometimes only two feet high. The Race Horse is 

 thin and sleek, and can run very rapidly. The Nag, for rid- 

 ing with a saddle, is not very stout, but is strong and active. 

 Horses are also of various colors, black, chesnut, brown, 

 sorrel, bay, white, grey, and cream color. They have 

 pretty heads, long necks, and long, flowing, graceful tails 

 and manes. They love to run loose in the fields, and to 

 aiip the fresh grass, and gallop about freely. He is very 

 useful to man. 



The following melancholy story shows the disadvantage 

 of deceit. A person, who a few years ago resided in the 

 neighborhood of Boston, was in the habit, when he wished 

 to catch his horse, of taking into the field with him, as is 

 usual, a quantity of corn in a measure. On calling to him, 



