. Horse-breeding in Canada [microform]. Horses; Chevaux. ^ 104 — raised ear means that' Canada is a beautiful cou and your lowered ear means * that being the one of your specie you are terribly lonely.' ' Cc yourself,' added the future author of Ai Canadiens, 'soon you will be able to discovei asses are more numerous than we think o shores.' " I do not quote ; I narrate from memorj " The Swedish pcholar, Peter Kalm, who a trip to Canada during the summer and i 1749, wrote the following on the 25th of Aug the same year: 1 " All the Canadian horses are strong, a of good conformati
. Horse-breeding in Canada [microform]. Horses; Chevaux. ^ 104 — raised ear means that' Canada is a beautiful cou and your lowered ear means * that being the one of your specie you are terribly lonely.' ' Cc yourself,' added the future author of Ai Canadiens, 'soon you will be able to discovei asses are more numerous than we think o shores.' " I do not quote ; I narrate from memorj " The Swedish pcholar, Peter Kalm, who a trip to Canada during the summer and i 1749, wrote the following on the 25th of Aug the same year: 1 " All the Canadian horses are strong, a of good conformation, as large as our a horses, and descendants from horses imported France. The inhabitants have adopted the ci of docking their tails, which is a downright cr as they are thus deprived of their only raea defence against the horse-flies, and gnats, custom may, however, be due to the fact th Canadians harness their horses tandem fas and to prevent the leader from injuring the e the shaft horse, when switching his tail, they adopted the method of cutting the tails of all hoi'ses. " The Governor-General and a few of th< prominent citizens (of the town of Quebec) coaches, the remainder of the population ha course to cabs. There is a general complair the country people are now raising such a number of horses that the harvest of forage sufficient to winter them. The 27th September, 1749, Kalm, writing Montreal, says: A horse of medium height worth fortv francs, and even more. A bei. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duchène, John D. , d. 1933?. [Québec? : s. n. ]
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