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and well furnished with hair, and the tail is bushy. Their limbs 

 are strong, and feet sound. Their paces are quick and easj', 

 constitution good, and temper gentle. 



The Percheron breed, justly celebrated for ages (Fig. 62) , is the 

 model of a light Draught-horse. In the days of mail-coaches 

 and diligences this race was the Post-horse par excellence. At 

 the present time it almost exclusively supplies, together with the 



Fig. 61.— Boulonais Hoises. 



Breton type, the Horses for the omnibuses of Paris and the rapid 

 carriage of merchandise. The brow of these animals is slightly 

 bulging between the orbital arches, which are prominent. The 

 face is long, with a narrow forehead, straight at the top, but 

 slightly bulging out towards the tip of the nose ; the nostrils are 

 open and mobile ; the lips thick and the mouth large ; the ear 

 long and erect ; the eye lively, and the countenance animated. 

 Their mane is but poorly provided with hair, but the taU is bushy; 

 the legs are strong and firmly jointed, with rather long shanks 

 devoid^of hair. Their coat is generaUy a dappled-grey colour. 



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