MOORLAND IDYLLS. 



it is among desert or half-desert rocks, and 

 on arid hillsides. It would seem as though 

 the horse was in the last resort a donkey 

 grown big and strong by dint of good living 

 and free space to roam over ; while the 

 donkey, on the other hand, is in the last 

 resort a horse grown small and ill-pro- 

 portioned through want of good food and 

 insufficient elbow-room. It is noteworthy 

 that in small islands, like the Shetlands, small 

 breeds of horses are developed in adaptation 

 to the environment ; though, the food being 

 still good pasture in a well-watered country, 

 they retain in most respects their horse-like 

 aspect. But a vengeance o' Jenny's case ! 

 I have wandered far afield from Peter 

 Rashleigh's donkey, to have got so soon 

 into evolutionary biology ! 



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