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in the collar for hard work and scanty fare. They are enduring and 

 energetic beyond description ; also that they are gentle and docile ; 

 never kicking or becoming otherwise vicious ; so that any person may 

 pass about hundreds of them in perfect security. For further particu- 

 lars respecting these horses, see Genesee Farmer, Albany Cultivator, 

 Allen's Domestic Animals, and a valuable work on the Structure and 

 the Diseases of the Horse, published by Derby )md Miller, Auburn, 

 N. Y., being Youatt revised an*J enlarged, by W. C.Spooner and Henry 

 S. Randall. 



NORMAN HORSE . 



NORTH. One of the four cardinal points of the world ; being 

 that point of the horizon which is directly opposite to the sun in 

 meridian. The north wind is generally accompanied with a con- 

 siderable degree of cold. Jt sometimes blows with almost irresistible 

 fury. It is often mentioned by the classic authors under the name of 

 Boreas, which is of Greek original. 



NUT, COCOA. The fruit of the cocos nucifera of Linnaeus. 

 Within the nut is found a kernel, as pleasant as an almond, and also 

 a large quantity of liquor resembling milk, which the Indians greedily 

 drink before the fruit : js ripe, it being then pleasant, but when the nut 



