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land Bay, who is probably a lineal descendant of the horse used 

 for tournaments in the Middle Ages, is extremely scarce in Eng- 

 land, and confined to the county of York. Though a much finer 

 horse, and not over lar'^e, he bears a general resemblance to the 

 German horse of the Middle States ; particularly, in his full crest, 

 his Roman nose, and his deep bay color. He is in the very high- 

 est request, both in England and on the Continent ; and stands at 

 the head of all breeds between the blood horse and the carl-horse. 

 He hag formed no part of the Massachusetts horse ; but there is 

 still remaining in England, some remnant of a very celebrated 

 draught horse, who unquestionably has; many of our ancestors 

 having come from his country, and his peculiarities are often to be 

 traced in our horse. He was supposed to have been carried from 

 Norway, and was called the SulFolk Sorrel. He forms part of the 

 modern trotting-horse of the bordering counties of Norfolk and 

 Lincoln, of whom that most excellent horse Bellfounder is a gen- 

 uine specimen. 



The most valuable horse in himself, however, but who forms no 

 breed, bred by the F^ngiish, is their gentleman's hunter. He is 

 often supposed here to be the oilspring of a direct cross between 

 the blood-horse and the cart-horse. This has, in some instances, 

 been the case ; but he is usually, now, either the thorough-bred 

 horse himself, or got by him out of a well-bred mare ; and it would 

 be difficult to find one, of whom less than 3 parts in 4 could not be 

 claimed by the Arabian. Some horses, not thorough-bred, or as 

 they are called in England, cock-tails, are kept expressly as hunt- 

 ing stallions, but this is not common ; the thorough-bred horse 

 having the advantage of atTording the greatest room for selection, 

 and of having the [)eculiarities of his family so well known, as to 

 give some grounds for a calculation concerning the fate of his stock. 

 However, as he is sometimes kept entire, and as a tried good hunt- 

 er must have shown himself able to perform the severest labor of 

 which a horse is capable, and to possess, both, legs and constitu- 

 tion. 1 rather wonder none has ever been imported to this coun- 

 try as a stallion. — In my next, 1 will make some observations upon- 

 the BreediniT of Horses. 



PEACH TREES. 



The following is from the pen of an able and successful Horti- 

 culturist on Long Island, N. York. Any thing, which will enable 

 us to ward otf the many evils to which this fine fruit is liable, must 

 be valuable. It has been a common opinion here, that Peaches 

 could not be raised in this State. The same opinion formerly pre- 

 vailed respecting the Apple, but experience has proved its fallacy. 

 From what we saw last summer, we are convinced, that peach 

 trees can be made to flourish and bear well in this country. That 

 their flavor will be so rich, and luscious, as those of more southern 



