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in their way, they will lift it, and toss it 
^ , for when a small dead pine, or the 
of a fence, sixteen or eighteen feet long, 
i^an over their heads. 
^n 1822 a male and female of this species, 
on the banks of the Missouri, were 
uibited in London. In that country they 
^®nn trained, it was said, to draw sledges : 
travelled about twenty miles in an hour, 
u Were fourteen hands high. It has been 
that the breed of these graceful animals 
tn bn naturalized in England, and 
Lord Glenlyon has several of the offspring 
two shown a few years since at Charing 
^|ross. Some care, however, is required for 
preservation, owing to the neglect of 
it is alleged that twelve head of the 
^ulonging to the late king were lost. 
^ Canada they feed on the buds of some 
oorous trees and grass ; and in summer 
Aquatic plants, which they seek under 
