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tion of compound parts, it may assist the judgment of the reader if the 

 relative importance of these regions is more particularly descanted upon. 



However desirable an arched and lofty crest may be, it is not, when 

 separately considered, any absolute proof of estimable properties. Con- 

 joined with other points, it renders excellence more excellent ; but, alone, 

 no deduction should be drawn from it. In many parts of Germany, the 

 horses exhibit beautifully formed necks, bearing luxuriant manes ; but in 

 other respects the quadrupeds are lanky, weak, and washy creatures. 

 The dock deserves attention, although it can warrant no more than an 

 inference. If it suggests that which other developments equally sup- 

 port, it constitutes a valuable accessory toward a sound opinion ; but, 

 by itself, it is of no importance. On the contrary, the loins are absolute 

 proof: their swelling testimony may be trusted, should both neck and 

 tail oppose their evidence. This portion of the body never deceives. It 

 is worthy of all reliance : what it declares must be implicitly received. 

 And, to many minds, it may appear the more deserving of estimation, 

 because full loins are commonly accompanied by a stout dock. 



Attached to the neck is the head, which, in the horse, always be- 

 speaks those changes produced by varieties of treatment and difference 

 of climate. The favorite and the companion of the semi-civilized Arab 

 is, by its association with its master, elevated in intelligence as in beauty. 



A LOW-BKED HORSE. A WELL-BRED HORSE. 



The agricultural teamster of this country exhibits, in its expression, the 

 apathy with which it is regarded by its rustic attendant. These are, 

 probably, the extremes of the race. That the reader may recognize the 

 distinction between them, front views of both heads are above shown. 

 In the Arab, the spectator can hardly fail to remark the distance by 



