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common. Take the Corsican ponies, for instance, a hardy 

 little race of much speed and endurance, very useful to 

 drive in pairs in small phaetons ; they are nearly always 

 vicious, though seldom vicious enough to interfere materi- 

 ally with their usefulness. A tiny pair were offered me 

 with a pretty carriage, the whole equipage suspiciously 

 cheap, but I discovered that one of the charming little 



Flemish Dray Horse. 



Drawn by D. Munro. 



creatures would kick like the youthful Tommy Newcome 

 in Doyle's sketch, and the other bit like a wolf. After- 

 wards I found that these accomplishments were common 

 to the Corsican breed ; in fact, that they were generally as 

 energetic, but as wilful and difificult to deal with, as their 

 little human compatriot, Napoleon. On the other hand, 

 there are breeds where gentle tempers and amiable man- 

 ners are hereditary. . . . 



