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how ?" " Across the say ! Is it foolin' me yez is ? Arrah, 

 don't I tell yiz he cuin from New York, and then ye ax 

 me, is New 'York across the say? Be off wid yiz!" 

 Before we could obey our irate friend's mandate, how- 

 ever, a long, slab-sided, upland Jerseyman came up, and, 

 after eyeing the pony for some time, broke out as fol- 

 lows; "Waal, now, that's about the littlest kind of 

 horse I ever did see. What on airth's the use of that 

 critter, I'd like to know? I reckon you keeps him on 

 account of the milk." Meaning evidently for the purpose 

 of driving a churning machine. If our Hibernian was 

 wroth before, he was now furious. "Milk!" shouted lie. 

 " Is it milk yiz said ? He's a horse — can't you see ? lie 

 niver gave no milk, not a drop on't." " Nary !" replied 

 our Jersey compatriot, and we dissolved in laughter. We 

 afterward learned that the little animal is a pure Shet- 

 lander; and we may add, that he is the most beautifdl 

 specimen of the breed, though by no means the most char- 

 acteristic, we have ever seen. He had, though very 

 small, more of the horse than of the pony in his shape 

 and movement; was slenderer and finer limbed, and had 

 not the heavy tail and shaggy mane. 



The larger Scottish pony is little more than an enlarged 

 pattern of the Shetlander. He preserves the general form, 

 the close barrel, strong loins and general stocky air and 

 build, but he has a somewhat longer neck, higher withers, 

 and finer hair in the mane and tail. His ordinary height 

 is from eleven to thirteen hands, above the latter of which 

 standards the animal is rated in England as a horse, no 

 longer as a pony. These larger Scottish ponies, which 

 are usually the second step by which a boy ascends toward 

 the top of the noble art of horsemanship, have often a fair 

 turn of speed, can leap cleverly enough, and have all the 



