ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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German Knight of the Fifteenth or Sixteenth Century 

 (Frontispiece) 



British Coins of the First Century ... ... 7 



Great Horse; after Albert Diirer ... ... 22 



Equestrian Figure in Tilting Armour, Si.xteenth 



Century ... ... ... ... ... 26 



Sir Walter Hungerford, Knight of Heytesbury ... 30 



The Duke of Arenburg ; after Vandyke... ... 38 



Seals of Charles I. ... ... . • ... 41 



The Protector on a Great Horse ... ... 42 



Great Horse; after Paul Potter ... ... 46 



Norfolk Cart Horse, Dodman (17S0) ... ... 53 



.A Leicestershire Shire Horse ; after Garrard (1720 



to 179s) ... ... ... ... ... 54 



Shire Horse, Elephant ... .. ... ... 56 



A Shire Gelding of Messrs. Whitbread's (1792) ... 57 



Piebald Shire Horses, Pirate and Outlaw (1810) ... 58 



Piebald Plough Teams (1844- 185 5) ... ... 58 



Honest Tom (1865) .. . . ... ... 60 



Blythwood Conqueror (1893) ... ... ... 64 



