40 HORSES OF CLOUDLAND 



thick turf with a great weight of green forage 

 to the acre. Such heavy feeding without any 

 exercise in search of water, would, after the 

 killing out of the w^olves, tend to produce a 

 large, heavy, slow-going gentle horse with 

 steady nerves such as our draught stock, 

 lacking in that soundness of feet and legs 

 which is limited to the breeds of arid 

 regions. 



So far, the argument presents for the green 

 pastures of cloudland horses of several colours ; 

 and, for the varied rock formations in the North 

 Sea and Baltic basins, horses of many 

 types. 



Professor Ewart traces among the ancient 

 wild horses of the forest species three very 

 distinct types : 



1 . At the time when the glacial drift of the 

 Rhine and Weser valleys had a climate like 

 that of the Outer Hebrides of to-day, the con- 

 ditions of cold and damp matured the Diluvial 

 horse (Equus Caballus occidentaUs). This ani- 

 mal stood fifteen hands, had a longer face than 

 the general forest type, was coarsely built, had 

 heavy fetlocks, a short upright pastern, a broad 

 round foot. This is the cart horse breed. 



2. The Grimaldi Grottoes in the Riviera 

 preserve remains of a forest-upland horse, 



