io HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



Although it would be impoffible to trace out the kind 

 of Horfes with which our Britifh ancefiors oppofed them- 

 felves to the legions of Julius Csefar, on his landing in 

 this country ; yet that celebrated warrior himfelf bears 

 teftimony to their activity and difcipline. 



The Old Englijh Road-Horfe was ftrong, vigorous, and 

 adHve, and capable of enduring great hardfhip ; was ra- 

 ther low, feldom exceeding fourteen hands ; his body 

 round and compact, his limbs ftrong, and his head thick. 



The Ponies of Wales, and thofe brought out of the 

 Highlands of Scotland, feem to be original and unmix- 

 ed. They are both much efteemed for the neatnefs and 

 beauty of their forms, for the nimblenefs of their mo- 

 tions, and above all, for being remarkably fure footed 

 in the molt difficult roads, which renders them extreme- 

 ly valuable in thofe mountainous tra£ts to which they 

 originally belong.— Thofe brought from Shetland are tho 

 fmalleft of the genus, being in general much lefs than 

 the Afs. 



