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which, stretch away from Arles to the sea. They live in perfect 
freedom, in small droves, together with semi-wild Oxen. In 
harvest time they use these Horses for thrashing out the grain ; 
they are led in upon the thrashing-floors, and are made to stamp 
upon the sheaves to heat out the corn from the ears. Their hard 
hut elastic hoof forms an excellent flail. When they have done 
their allowance of work they are permitted to return to their 
independent existence, to roam and feed over the wide expanse 
of uncultivated districts which surround their homes. 
The breed of Camargue Horses is, as a rule, but little valued, 
even in the south of France. The best of them are, however, 
occasionally sent into the market. It is stated that these Horses 
are the descendants of some of those left by the Moors in one or 
other of the frequent descents and incursions made by them on the 
south coast of France during the early years of history. 
The Barbary race of Horses, which was introduced on the 
northern slopes of the Pyrenees, has produced the Pyreneean breed, 
