. The living world : containing descriptions of the several races of men, and all species of animals, birds, fishes, insects, etc., etc. : with numerous anecdotes, illustrative of their instincts, reasoning powers and domestic habits . which they arefound. A^arving from race to race, from individual to individual, there isno absolute standard of ])cauty in a practical view, although there may bea maximum of ideal beauty for the painter and sculptor, physically unattain-able, and probalily undesirable; therefore general qualities of health, age,soundness, structure, and temper being admitted, t
. The living world : containing descriptions of the several races of men, and all species of animals, birds, fishes, insects, etc., etc. : with numerous anecdotes, illustrative of their instincts, reasoning powers and domestic habits . which they arefound. A^arving from race to race, from individual to individual, there isno absolute standard of ])cauty in a practical view, although there may bea maximum of ideal beauty for the painter and sculptor, physically unattain-able, and probalily undesirable; therefore general qualities of health, age,soundness, structure, and temper being admitted, the horse should be con-sidered in relation to the particular purposes it is bred for, and the socialcondition and predominant desires of each nation. In Arabia, for example,the development of the breed has been shaped liy the genius and needs of thepeople. In Spain, the animal diifers in outward appearance from an Eng-lish or American race-horse ; it is more curvilinear in outline, because thisform is most gracelid, and adapted to measured steps and elegant curvettings ;with us, on the other hand, its form is more rectangular, Ixst adapted lorimpelling the mass with velocity forward. The beauty of the first is not Plate XXX! L.
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