282 THE DUN OR TAN STOCK. 



in the great variety of colours the horses possess, 

 but where dun, chestnut, and bay are predomi- 

 nant. They are in general bred almost wild, being 

 caught only for marking or for sale, when the art 

 and energy required to subdue them is very much 

 of the same character as that of the Tahtars and 

 Cossacks in Russia and the Gauchos in Soutli 

 America. 



In the Morea there is a race of unshorn small 

 horses, driven down to Attica in herds for sale ; they 

 have small heads and ears, thin jaws and narrow- 

 foreheads, slendoi' arched necks, but with broad 

 deep chests, slender firm limbs, oblique pasterns, 

 and longish hoofs, grey and firm. They are exceed- 

 ingly wild and vicious, running at dogs, and fight- 

 ing with their teeth and fore-feet ; but it is probable 

 that with good management they might be made 

 excellent light-cavalry horses. The bay and chestnut 

 colours predominate, and it is likely that their origin 

 remounts to the early ages of Greece. 



Sweden and Norway likewise have small breeds 

 of the ancient stock in CEland about twelve hands 

 high, handsome, docile, and intelligent, though bred 

 in the woods. Those of Western Nordland have 

 the head rather large, the eyes prominent, the ears 

 small, the neck short and breast broad, the body 

 rather long, full and well ribbed up, tail and mane 

 abundant : the arm of this breed is remarkably 

 powerful, and the fetlocks Avithout long hair. Their 

 colours are bay and brown to blackish. We saw 

 the Hussars of Mbrner, another Swedish Hussar, and 



