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FROM NORTH POLE TO EQUATOR. 



character of journeys in search of adventure. With the intention 

 of shaking off the burdensome yoke of the leader and absolute 

 lord of the herd, and of becoming independent and in their turn 

 equally despotic, the young stallions forsake the herd, and thence- 



Fig. 37. Wild Horses crossing a River during a Storm. 



forward traverse the sandy steppes singly. All the younger mares 

 who are mature, and even many of the older ones, seem to be 

 animated by the same feeling as the young stallions, and they 

 attempt to escape from the rule of their tyrant and join his young 

 rival, to fall immediately under his dominion. But not without a 



