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out it, loving and respecting as he has done the writer of it, when 
he comes to learn from this review what a pleasing popular turn 
his favourite author has succeeded in giving to an unpopular 
subject, and how much of information has been got together, 
which, if not in the practice of his profession, at all events, in his 
farming household, he may turn to profitable account. 
Extracts from Foreign Journals. 
DOCUMENTS ON THE TRADE IN HORSES, 
AND ON THE BREEDING AND OTHER HORSE RESOURCES OF 
MOST OF THE COUNTRIES OF EUROPE SITUATED TO THE NORTH 
AND NORTH-EAST OF FRANCE. 
Furnished hy M. A. RlQUET, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, 
Principal Veterinary Surgeon, Secretary to the Commission of 
Hygiene for the Secretary at War, fyc. 
Denmark. 
From time immemorial Denmark has been famed for its horses. 
The mildness and humidity of its climate, the marshy nature of 
its soil favourable in particular for pasturage, for a long time pre- 
served its native breed. For twenty years past, however, the in- 
troduction of English blood has modified the character of the ex- 
cellent primitive breeds of Holstein and Schleswig. Jutland alone 
has maintained her primitive stock. 
The most ancient Danish races of horses, according to the report 
of the natives, derive their origin from the north of Europe. In 
certain parts, the horses shew the cossaque character ; that having 
since become altered by a mixture of Eastern and Spanish blood 
along with it. 
In former times the wealthiest Danish landholders kept numer- 
ous breeding studs. At the present day their number is very much 
diminished. The two principal are, the Royal Breeding Esta- 
blishment at Friedericksberg, in the island of Zealand, and that of 
Augustenbourgh, in the isle of Alson, belonging to the Duke 
Christian- Augustus. 
It is calculated that Denmark produces annually 40,000 foals, 
12,000 of which are exported, the remaining 28,000 being brought 
