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THE EXISTING EQUIDAE 



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Sobeslaus carried away herds of wild mares not a few in 

 A.D. 1132, whilst there is good proof that the woods of Prussia 

 contained wild horses down to the time of the Reformation. 



Fig. 11. Tyi^ical yellow-dun 'Celtic' pouy; North Iceland. 



The Teutonic Knights hunted wild horses and other game 

 chiefly for their skins, and Duke Albert in 1543 sent an order 

 to the commander at Lyck bidding him to take measures for 



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