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wliicli stretch away from Aries to the sea. They Hve in perfect 

 freedom, in small droves, together with semi-wild Oxen. In 

 harvest time they use these Horses for thrashing out the grain ; 

 they are led in upon the thrashing-floors, and are made to stamp 

 upon the sheaves to beat out the corn from the ears. Their hard 

 tut elastic hoof forms an excellent flail. When they have done 

 their allowance of work they are permitted to return to their 



Fig. 5S. — Pj'reneean Horse (Haras de Tarbes). 



independent existence, to roam and feed over the wide expanse 

 of imcultivated districts which surround their homes. 



The breed of Camargue Horses is, as a rule, but little valued, 

 even in the south of France. The best of them are, however, 

 occasionally sent into the market. It is stated that these Horses 

 are the descendants of some of those left hj the Moors in one or 

 other of the frequent descents and incursions made by them on the 

 south coast of France during the early years of history. 



The Barbary race of Horses, which was introduced on the 

 northern slopes of the Pyrenees, has produced the Pyreneean breed, 



