50 FOREIGN' BREEDS OF HORSES. 



liorses and cattle has lately occupied the attention of the great land 

 proprietors, and has constituted a very considerable part of their annual 



[Tliis cut represents a Cossack soldier, accoutred for his journey, and having all that is 

 necessary for him or for his horse. It gives a faithful but somewhat flattering 

 representation Loth of the soldier and his steed.] 



income. There is scarcely now a signorial residence to wliicli there is not 

 attached a vast court, in four large divisions, and surrounded by stables. 

 In each of the angles of this court is a passage leading to beautiful and 

 extensive pasture-grounds, divided into equal compartments, and all of 

 them having convenient sheds, under which the horses may shelter them- 

 selves from the rain or the sun. From these studs a larger kind of horse 

 than that of the Cossacks is principally supplied, and more fit for the 

 regular cavalry troops, and also for pleasure and parade, than common 

 use. The remounts of the principal houses in Germany are derived hence; 

 and from the same source the great fairs in the different states of the 

 German empire are supplied. The breeding of cattle is also zealously and 

 profitably pursued. The cow-houses form the greater portion of the other 

 buildings attached to the mansion. The largest of these is destined for 

 the milch cows, and another square building serves for a milking house. 

 These dairies are disposed and fitted up like "those in Switzerland. In the 



