24 HORSE AND MAN. 



Another writer says that the horse was intended 

 to live on level pasture land. 



Now, it is admitted that Central Asia is the 

 original home of the horse, and that the animal is 

 not very likely to find in those regions either marsh 

 or pasture land. In point of fact, the horse is 

 intended to suit a very wide range of locality, and 

 to be equally at home on grass, stony ground, or 

 rocks. A familiar instance of this fact may be found 

 in our Exmoor ponies. They have ample choice of 

 ground, but of their own will they prefer rough and 

 rocky ground, climbing and leaping with an activity 

 and sure-footedness that is hardly surpassed by the 

 goat itself. 



A curious instance of this capacity occurred to 

 a friend of mine, a mighty Nimrod, who has hunted in 

 many parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa. 



He was stationed with his regiment in India, and 

 was fond of going out alone to hunt, mounted on 

 a little Circassian horse. On one of those excursions 

 he lost his way, and, finding himself at the foot of 

 a rocky cliff, determined to ascend it so as to find 

 his bearings. 



So he dismounted, and began to climb up the 

 rock, leaving the horse with the bridle over its neck. 

 These horses are trained to stand still while the hunter 

 goes off on foot in search of his game. When Col. 



