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ous country. Dandle Dinmont's famous Dumple was 

 of this breed. Dr. Anderson thus describes a Gallo- 

 way belonging to himself : " In point of elegance of 

 shape it was a perfect picture, and in disposition it was 

 gentle and compliant. It moved almost with a wish, 

 and never tired. I rode this little creature for twenty- 

 five years, and twice in that time I rode a hundred 

 and fifty miles at a stretch, without stopping, except to 

 bait, and that not for above an hour at a time. It came 

 in at the last stage with as much ease and alacrity as 

 it travelled the first. I could have undertaken to per- 

 form on this beast, when it was in its prime, sixty miles 

 a day for a twelvemonth, without any extraordinary 

 exertion." 



The Exmoor ponies, though generally ugly enough, 

 are hardy and useful : one of them has been known 

 to clear a gate eight inches higher than his back. 

 Those of Dartmoor are larger, and, if possible, uglier. 

 Being admirably fitted for scrambling over the rough 

 roads and dreary wilds of that mountainous country, 

 they are in great demand there. They exist almost in 

 a state of nature. The late Captain Colgrave, govern- 

 or of the prison, had a great desire to possess one of 

 them somewhat superior in figure to his fellows ; and 

 having several men to assist him, they separated it 

 from the herd. They drove it on some rocks by the 

 side of a tor (an upright pointed hill). A man follow- 

 ed on horseback, while the captain stood below watch- 



