232 THK IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



Tartary and the Cossacks, especially those for mihtarv 

 service. Norway has a line breed, particularly adapted 

 to the country, and very sure-footed. The roads are 

 generally very mountainous, and in ascending or de- 

 scending the steep cliffs, these animals advance one 

 foot gently to try if the stones be firm, and so proceed ; 

 if checked by the rider, he hazards his neck, and when 

 left to their own management they will cross the most 

 rugged pass in safety. 



Fmland contains small horses, which trot remarkably 

 fast. 



ENGLISH HORSES, 



Whether for speed or strength are most excellent, 

 and rank before those of any other country in *the 

 world. It cannot now be ascertained whence the ori- 

 ginal breed came, or at what period : some assert that 

 the Welsh pony is the only race of this animal peculiar 

 to Great Britain ; yet the earliest mention we have 

 of the British horse is in the wars with Julius Csesar, 

 when that accomplished commentator takes particular 

 notice of our war-chariots draw^n by horses ; and tak- 

 ing into consideration the clumsy structure of these 

 cars, the impediments to which they must sometimes 

 be opposed, and the fury with which they w^ere driven 

 in an engagement, all bespeak the requisition of pow- 

 erful and able-bodied animals ; moreover, Csesar tran- 

 sported many to Rome, which would not have been 

 the case had they been weakly and small. At this 

 tune it w^ould appear horses were very numerous in the 

 island. The breed must have undergone many crosses, 



