endurance of the Tartar pony is affected as 

 little by heat as by cold. 



POST HORSES IN SIBERIA. 



Mr. H. de Windt, in his book From 

 Pekin to Calais, bears witness to the 

 wonderful endurance of the small post-horses 

 supplied to travellers in Siberia. He de- 

 scribes them as very little beasts ranging 

 from 14.2 to 15 hands. ''Though rough 

 and ungroomed, they are well fed, as they 

 need to be, for a rest of only six hours is 

 allowed between stages." The speed main- 

 tained depends upon the condition of the 

 roads; and the number of horses furnished 

 for each tarantass is regulated by the same 

 factor ; three horses sufficing in good 

 weather and as many as seven being re- 

 quired when the roads are heavy from rain 

 or snow. 



PONIES IN INDIA. 



Captain L. E. Nolan, in Cavalry History 

 and Tactics (1860), gives an account of 

 an experimental march made by 200 of the 

 1 5th Hussars from Bangalore to Hyderabad 

 and back, 800 miles. The objects of the 

 march were to test the capabilities of the 

 troop horses and to ascertain if there were 



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