THE DUN OR TAN STOCK. £83 



a liolit-draooon regiment, all respectably mounted on 

 this kind of horse. 



Finland has a similar race, but still smaller, and 

 the Norwegian, notwithstanding the opinion of Hor- 

 rebow, may be safely regarded as the parent stock 

 of the Iceland ponies, so renowned for enduring the 

 excessive cold of an Arctic winter without the least 

 protection of man. These resemble in almost all 

 respects 



The Scottish or rather Shetland ponies, Plate XV., 

 some of which scarcely exceed in size the stature of 

 a large dog, and have been actually carried in a gig. 

 Yet there are among them many handsome shaggy 

 little animals, with huge manes and abundance of 

 tail ; they are of all colours, but it is not difficult 

 to perceive the original dun stock as forming the 

 parent race. 



The Galloway, now no longer found in purity, 

 was of the same character as the Swedish, though 

 somewhat higher at the shoulder. In colour the 

 breed was bay, with black extremities, mane, and 

 tail ; but it has been suffered to disappear, though 

 the name itself continues to be used for horses above 

 the standard of ponies. In the north of England it 

 is used for Welsh and New Forest horses, when 

 they are about fourteen hands high. Many of these 

 animals are of mixed breed, as is very perceptible 

 by the head and body being often out of propor- 

 tion, bulky for the length of the limbs ; but others, 

 though shaggy, want not a certain degree of ele- 

 gance, and are remarkable for speed as well as 



