1 88 ANIMALS AT WORK AND PL A Y 



kinds ; but it is not long since a horse of admirable 

 form, /yin^eteen and a quarter hands high, was ex- 

 hibited in London, and with the ancient history 

 of its kind before us, there seems no reason to 

 doubt that we could, if we chose, produce a 

 gigantic breed, which at least could hold his 

 own in size with the monstrous stags that once 

 inhabited the Irish hills. 



