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heads and thick forehands, are vicious and extremely difficult to be 

 managed. Many of them are bred in Sicily. Those of Corsica, Sar- 

 dinia, and the neighbouring islands, are a smaller race, active, full of 

 spirit, and shewing much blood. The above descriptions will also 

 apply to the different breeds of Italy, which are blended varieties of 

 the northern and southern Horse, gi-aduated and proportioned, with 

 respect to the predominance of either race, as circumstances, or more 

 probably, as chance may have directed. There have yet always been, 

 and I am informed, still are, breeds of well-shaped and blood-like 

 Horses in various parts of Italy. Italy also, like Portugal, boasts of a 

 very beautiful a.nd useful breed of oxen, admirably calculated for labour. 



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