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stallions are said to be constantly roaming from place to place, 

 and compelling the mares to accompany them, whether or not 

 the young foals are able to follow, and they are left to die. The 

 predominant colours are roan and iron-grey. 



All the horses bred here, both tame and wild, are rather small- 

 sized, though generally in good condition, and they are not so 

 strong as the horses from the Plata. Darwin, Journal, 192. 



The Horse was first landed at Buenos Ayres in 1 537, and the 

 colony being then for a time deserted, it ran wild: in 1580, 

 only forty-three years afterwards, one hears of them at the Strait 

 of Magellan. The natives of Terra del Fuego are well-stocked 

 with horses, each man having six or seven, and all the women 

 and even children their own horse. Darwin, Journal, 233; Reti- 

 ger, Natur. Saugth. Paragua, 334. 



The soldiers in Bahia Blanca eat mare's flesh for food. Dar- 

 win, Journal, 101. 



In Banda Oriental they think it ridiculous to break in or ride 

 a mare ; they are of no value except for breeding, and, rarely, to 

 tread out the wheat from the ear, for which purpose they are 

 driven round a circular enclosure where the wheat sheaves are 

 strewn. Numbers are slaughtered for the sake of their hides, 

 although only worth about haif-a-crown a- piece. Darwin, Journ. 

 134. 



Darwin gives an interesting description of the breaking in of 

 the wild young horses of Banda Oriental. Journal, 151. 



Horses do not breed on the southern face of the Himalayas, 

 but are imported from Thibet. Munday, Journ. ii. 75; Ogilby 

 in Royle Himal. i. Ixxi. 



Skins of horses are used for cloth, to make churns, &c. 

 Simpson, Overland Journey, ii. 307. 



The roundish marks are called copper-marked in brown, dap- 

 pled in grey horses. These marks become more visible in the 

 brown horses when they are in high condition. 



Horses are technically called according to their colours. Bay, 

 Brown, with black mane and tail ; some have black legs, they 

 are then called bay with black points. Chestnut, Red brown, 

 either dark or light. Brown, Nearly black : if they have a 

 tan mouth they are called brown muzzles. Black. Dun colour. 

 Roan, Strawberry, very red grey. Piebald, With three colours. 

 Skewbald, Two colours. Cream colour. The white mark on 

 the forehead is a star ; if down the face, a blaze. 



