THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



. OP 



HORSES. 



THE EQUID^ OR GENUS EQUUS 

 OF AUTHORS. 



BV 



LIEUT.-COL. CHAS. HAMILTON SMITH, 



K. H. AND K.W., F. R. AND L. S., PRESIDENT OF THE DEVON AND 

 CORNWALL NAT. HIST. SOCIETY, &e. &C. 



ILLUSTRATED BY THIRTY- FIVE COLOURED PLATES, 



WITH PORTRAIT AND MEMOIR OF 



GESNER. 



EDINBURGH : 



W. H. LIZARS, 3, ST. JAMES' SQUARE ; 

 S. HIGHLEY, 32, FLEET STREET, LONDON ; AND 

 W. CURRY, J UN. AND CO. DUBLIN. 

 .1841. 



