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part in the escort at the opening of the Imperial Institute were 

 almost all dappled on the hind-quarters, round the root of the tail. 



In dun 1 or sponge-coloured Horses, the dappling in this par- 

 ticular region is often amalgamated into a sooty-black patch on 



Fig. 36. — Dappled grey Cart-horse, from a photograph by Mr. Stanborough, of Bexhill- 



on-the-Sea. 



each side of the tail-root ; a similar sootiness results from the 

 fusion of dappling along the upper ridge of the neck. 



Some grey Horses are very distinctly and strongly dappled, 

 such as those given in Figs. 34 and 36. I think it very beautiful 



^ Mr. Darwin defines dun as ranging from ' between brown and black to a close 

 approach to cream-colour' (Origin of Species, 188S, p. 200). 



