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THE EXISTING EQUIDAE 



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In a recent paper, based partly on their own observations 

 in Iceland and the Faroe Islands, Mr F. H. A. Marshall and 

 Mr N. Annandale^ support Prof. Ewart's doctrine and give some 

 useful details as regards the form, size, and colour of the ponies 

 in those two regions, as well as some interesting historical 

 details, to which we shall refer at a later page (p. 416). Though 



Fig. 14. Flat-nosed variety of 'Celtic' pony: Hebrides. 



in recent times some efforts have been made to improve the 

 Iceland ponies by the introduction of Norwegian stallions, it is 

 probable that the majority used for stud purposes are still of 



1 " The Horse in Iceland and the Faroes," Proc. Camh. Phil. Soc, Vol. xii. 

 (1903), pp. 300-1. 



