CLASS I. MAMMALIA: ORDER 10. SOLIDUNGUL A. 599 
THE ENGLISH FAIIM-H0E3E. 
OTHER EUROPKAN BREEDS OP HORSES. 
France abounds in horses, probably having a greater number than any other European nation* 
* The following is an estimate of the horses of Europe : 
Great Britain and Ireland 2,500,000 
France 3,000,000 
Austrian Empire, exclusive of Italy 2,600,000 
Prussia 1,600,000 
Other aerman States 2,500,000 
Italy 1,500 000 
Switzerland 250,000 
Belgium 400,000 
Holland 420,000 Total 22,420,000 
The general estimate has been eight to ten horses in Europe for eveiy one hundred inhabitants ; supposing the 
population 275,000,000, this calculation gives a little more than eight horses to one hundred inhabitants. Denmark 
has forty horses to one hundred inhabitants, which is more than any other European nation. The following is an 
estimate of the horses of the whole world : 
Denmark 900,000 
Sweden and Norway 550,000 
Russia ' 3,500,000 
Greece 100,000 
Spain 1,500,000 
Portugal 300,000 
Turkey 800,000 
Europe 22,420,000 
Africa 3,000,000 
Asia 25,000,000 
United States 5,000,000 
Other parts of America 1,500,000 
Oceauica 500,000 
Total 57,420,000 
