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of horse for which it was forged. Most size of shoe 



indicates 



of these shoes of the oldest type are small " 



J f size of horse. 



and seem to have intended for the hoofs 

 of ponies or mules. The shoes dis- 

 covered in one century were smaller than 

 those discovered during the next, and from 

 this fact it can be deduced that if the 

 horses' feet grew larger their general 

 bodily development increased in size, 

 proportionately with their hoofs. 



The Germans or Cimbri are repre- 

 sented by Tacitus as a race of big men 

 possessed of great bodily strength. Cre- 

 sar considered " their bodies grew large 

 and robust because their animal spirits 

 had not been exhausted in their youth, 

 by learning, study, or other troublesome 

 occupation." Certain it is that they 

 seldom cultivated the soil or engaged in 



