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and well furnished with hair, and the tail is bushy. Their limbs 
are strong, and feet sound. Their paces are quick and easy, 
constitution good, and temper gentle. 
The Percheron breed, justly celebrated for ages (Fig. 62 ), is the 
model of a light Draught-horse. In the days of mail-coaches 
and diligences this race was the Post-horse par excellence. At 
the present time it almost exclusively supplies, together with the 
Fig. 61. — Boulonais Horses. 
Breton type, the Horses for the omnibuses of Paris and the rapid 
carriage of merchandise. The brow of these animals is slightly 
bulging between the orbital arches, which are prominent. The 
face is long, with a narrow forehead, straight at the top, but 
slightly bulging out towards the tip of the nose ; the nostrils are 
open and mobile ; the lips thick and the mouth large ; the ear 
long and erect ; the eye lively, and the countenance animated. 
Their mane is but poorly provided with hair, but the tail is bushy ; 
the legs are strong and firmly jointed, with rather long shanks 
devoid of hair. Their coat is generally a dappled- grey colour. 
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