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In Suderoe, another of thefe illands, they have a 

 lighter and fwifter breed than in any of the reft : t he 

 inhabitants catch their fhcep, which are wild, by hunt- 

 ing them with a dog. When they intend to take any, 

 they mount their horfes, knowing how to ride them 

 up and down hills in full gallop, through moorifh 

 places, and over rocks and ftones, fo that the horfes 

 fear nothing when they are in the chace, and when 

 the place is too difficult for them to ride over it to pur- 

 fue their game, they leap from their horfes, in the 

 midft of the courfe, and take their beft advantage 

 againll the fheep, the horfes running after them, till 

 they leap upon their backs again. Some of thefe 

 horfes are fo taught, that the man overtaking the 

 fheep on horfeback, the horfe will grafp, and hold it 

 between his fore-feet, till the man takes it up *. 



The frozen and ungenial country of Lapland, has 

 alfo its horfes : they are fmall of ftature, like the men, 

 but aftive and willing, fomewhat eager and impatient, 

 but free from vice. They are ufcd only in the winter 

 feafon, when they are employed in drawing fledges 

 over the fnow, and tranfporting wood, forage, and 

 other neceflaries, which, in the fummer, are all con- 

 veyed in boats. In this feafon the horfes are all turned 

 into the forefts, where they live with fmgular order 

 and polity, forming themfelves into diftindl troops, 

 and keeping within their quarters, where their owners 



* Feroce, et Feroa referata. — 1676. 



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