THE HORSES OF FRANCE. 



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The Duton saddle-horses come from the mountainous parts of the peninsula. HcibiT ;nnl inde- 

 fatigable, they have a long head and short nose, a quick eye, short body, dry limbs, articulations 

 perfectly delineated, feet well made, small, and Very hard, the extremities without hair, the breast 

 large, the coat nearly always bay or sorrel. It is these horses, and the Norman horses of an analog' m-i 

 race, which do the work of the cabs in Paris. 



The horses from Tarbes belong to the ancient Navarrine race, which itself descends from the 

 Arabian. Except a little more height, and more length of all the parts, the Navarrine horse still 

 presents the characteristics of the Oriental type. 



The Percheron horse, which we see attached to the Paris omnibuses, is either of great or medium 



THE QUAOOA. 



height. It has a cylindrical body, dapple-gray coat, withers raised and projecting, the neck is lightly 

 arched, the head large, the forehead flat, the eye small under a large arch, the muscles less developed 

 than those of the Boulonnais horse, a better hoof, and the foot better made. Its most frequent defects 

 are, too great length of flank, narrow breast, fore-arm too little charged with muscles, head heavy. 

 The percherons, which have not these imperfections, are among the finest horses in the world. 



As the steeds of Astley's Amphitheatre have been lent to the citizens of London, on Lord Mayor's 

 Day, for the use of the men in armour who have figured in the procession, so the Messieurs Frauconi, 



