. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. 136 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS every mounted Swisssoldier supplied his ownhorse. Nothing remains ofthis custom but the factthat each man in the cav-alry service may becomethe possessor of his horseon certain conditions andby paying a certain sum;also he may do what helikes with the animal whenhe is not in service. In caseof a call to active servicehe must bring his horse(which has, meantime, beenannually inspected) untilthe tenth year, when theanimal becomes his exclu-sive property. It would bedifficult to cite a better ex-ample of
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. 136 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS every mounted Swisssoldier supplied his ownhorse. Nothing remains ofthis custom but the factthat each man in the cav-alry service may becomethe possessor of his horseon certain conditions andby paying a certain sum;also he may do what helikes with the animal whenhe is not in service. In caseof a call to active servicehe must bring his horse(which has, meantime, beenannually inspected) untilthe tenth year, when theanimal becomes his exclu-sive property. It would bedifficult to cite a better ex-ample of Swiss democracyand individualism. Spain has a cavalry often thousand horses, theartillery and the transpor-tation trains being usually served by mules. Theremounts are bought in the country itself,except a few heavy draft horses which areimported from Hold !
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