CHAPTER XXIX 



AMERICANS AND THEIR HORSES 



In all my conversations with the Count, httle has been said 

 about the inevitable effects of climate, on all races of men 

 and animals. It is so interesting a study, that many 

 chapters might be needed to do justice to the subject. 

 A few words now regarding it may not be amiss. 



That climate makes and unmakes different types of 

 races in man is a conceded fact, even to a complete 

 change of form and feature. The dark, glowing eyes of 

 the fervid South, after two or three generations, become 

 blue or grey with softer lights, when transplanted to the 

 North, and the hair, black as night, turns to tender brown 

 or shining gold. Owing to the different conditions of 

 climate, another type is being evolved, and even the nature 

 and disposition are undergoing a radical change. 



In England, the moist and mild-tempered climate tends 

 to round out the form, and to give a reddish glow to the 

 face. To expect the same type in France, only across the 

 Channel, would be absurd, or to mistake an Italian for 

 a German, would be laughable. The climate in these 

 countries is pronounced, and so are the types. With 



