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ill a domesticated state, colour is so intermixed, tliat 

 all the semi-wild breeds of Russia, Hungary, and 

 Poland have a great proportion of their numbers 

 bay, particularly since the Arabian conquests ren- 

 dered this superior stirps more valued and accessible 

 in the north. 



In their anomalous state, we shall now proceed to 

 give a few details on the most remarkable of the 

 smaller stock, wherever they may be found, and 

 beginning with those of Northern Asia, we find, 



In China, exclusive of the pied horse, there is a 

 race of mountain ponies, known by the name of 

 Myautze^ which gallop down declivities at an angle 

 of forty-five degrees, dash through woods and broken 

 rocky ground without losing their footing, and are 

 therefore highly prized by the Chinese officers for 

 service. There is no notice of the colour of ^heir 

 coats. We find also an ill- shaped sooty pony, with 

 little spirit, and unfit for severe work; but the 

 Tahtars possess, beside those already mentioned, 

 brown, bay, and dun breeds of horses, full fourteen 

 hands and a half high, with small square heads, 

 long ewe necks, good manes and tails, and mule 

 backs ; the barrel is of little girth, but they have 

 clean and firm limbs, with small feet; and their 

 sobriety, hardihood, and speed render them very 

 valuable. Uniform chestnut and white breeds are 

 scarcer ; these are reported to liave the form of more 

 western horses, with high hips, and in common with 

 others above mentioned, as well as with the follow- 

 ing, they have habits of lightness and sobriety. 



