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Tfte Horse Farrier. 



and not so gool as the Ilackney. They are much liked by the 

 stage proprietois of France, and they are very generally employed 

 by them in haulinj^ coaches used in that country for the transpor- 

 tation of the mails and passengers. The rate of travel is from 

 7 to !'■ miles the hour, thev ate nearly 10 hands hish. and wei"h, 

 from 1000 to 1200 lbs. 



The largest specimens of the breed make excellent animals for 

 quick and heavy draft. The Normandy carriers travel with a team 

 of four horses, and from fourteen to twenty two miles per day, 

 with a load of 90,000 weight. But few of these horses have as 

 yet been imported to the United States, 





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ACAXADIAX HOB SE. 



THE CANADIAN HORSE. 



There can be little doubt that the Canadian Horse is of Nor- 

 man French descent, as in very many of his characteristics he 

 displays a strikin:^ resemblance to t'hos3 iiorsts. Indeed, the 

 principal diference between them consists in t!ie inferior size- 

 of the Canadian, which may be accounted fur by the little atten- 

 tion that has been paid to breediii;^ them, the regun of climate , 

 and the scanty' fare upon which they live. Tiiey are foun 1 chietly 

 in the province of Canada, though met -wiLJi in consi'lerable 

 numbers through the Northern St ites. In so iie parts of Canada 



