avery's own farrier. 35 



now.* Then why is it any more improbable that the 

 horse, or the different varieties thereof, were all derived 

 from one parent stock, than to suppose that all the differ- 

 ent species of the human race, with all the difference in 

 color, shape and stature, had their origin in Adam and 

 Eve. 



The horse has been found running wild in many parts 

 of the world, but always dwarfish in size; and the na- 

 tives, or red men of the forest, for a great length of 

 time, knew no other use of him than to eat his flesh; but 

 in more civilized countries the horse becomes more tract- 

 able, and there and no where else has its real value come 

 to be practically understood. 



I might write enough to fill a volume, but as I intended 

 to be brief on this subject, and for fear I might tire the 

 patience of the reader, I will close this part of the history. 



The Horse is of Great Utility to Man, 



According to his known history he has been the friend 

 and servant of man for nearly four thousand years; all 

 classes of people, from the highest rulers and warriors, 



*The transformations wrought by horticulturists and pomologists 

 are all but incredible. Peaches were originally poisonous alnaonds, 

 and useJ to impregnate arrows with deadly venom. Cherries are de- 

 rived from a berry of which a single one only grew on a stenn. Nec- 

 tarines and apricots are hybrids of the plum and peacb. The chief 

 esculents, with its relatives, broccoli and cauliflower, come fr.im a 

 marine plant — the common sea-kale, which shoots up on some sandy 

 shores. From wild, sour crabs, scarcely larger than boys' marbles, 

 have proceeded all va'ieties of apples. The largest and richest of 

 plums are descendants of the black thorn's bitter sloe. Such are mere 

 specimens of vegetable metamorphoses, brought t;bout by transplant- 

 ing, acclimating, crossing and culture. — Patent Office Report^ 1849. 



