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contributed to this falling off in reputation and value, 

 Tidelicet — that the breed has been kept up by occasional 

 intermixture, not of Eastern, but of European blood. 



The Flemish and Dutch Horses. 



The Elemish and Dutch horses are large, strong and 

 heavy. The English are very found of having recourse 

 to them for keeping up the breed of large cart horses. 



The Finland Horse. 



Finland horses are small, not more than twelve hands 

 high, beautifully formed, and very fleet. The peasants 

 take them from the forests when they are wanted for 

 travellers ; although apparently wild, they are under 

 perfect control, and they trot along with ease, at the 

 rate of twelve miles an hour. 



The Iceland Horse. 



There are numerous troops of horses in this cold 

 country, descended, according to some writers, from the 

 "N'orwegian horse, but, according to others, as being of 

 Scotch origin. They are very small, strong and swift. 

 There are thousands of them in the mountains, which 

 never enter a stable ; but instinct or habit has taught 

 them to scrape away the snow, or break away the ice 

 in search of their food. 



The American Horse. 



There are several breeds of horses in America. The 

 horses of Canada and the jN'orthern States are supposed 

 to be of French descent, and many of the celebrated 

 American trotters are of this breed. The Correstga 

 horse is found in Pennsylvania, and the middle states. 

 They are long-legged and light in the carcass, sometimes 

 rising 17 hands high, used principally for the carriage, 

 but when not too high, and with sufficient substance, 

 useful for hunting and the saddle. The Irish and 

 English horse, with a good deal of blood, prevails in 



