. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. \T 162 NATURAL HI8T0RT. Sweden it was formerly to draw sledges, Init on account „f the facility of escape ottered to criminals by its great speetl, tlie use of it was under high penalties. I he skin o the Elk is so tough that a regiment of soldiers was furnishec. with waistcoats made of its hide, which could scarcely be peneti-ated by a ball Family II. Equidte.—(Lat. Eqtim, a Horse. Horse kiud.) E( Caballus (Lat. a Saddle-hone.) We now arrive at the Pachydermata, or thick-skinned animals
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. \T 162 NATURAL HI8T0RT. Sweden it was formerly to draw sledges, Init on account „f the facility of escape ottered to criminals by its great speetl, tlie use of it was under high penalties. I he skin o the Elk is so tough that a regiment of soldiers was furnishec. with waistcoats made of its hide, which could scarcely be peneti-ated by a ball Family II. Equidte.—(Lat. Eqtim, a Horse. Horse kiud.) E( Caballus (Lat. a Saddle-hone.) We now arrive at the Pachydermata, or thick-skinned animals, wliich do not chew the cud. The firs on the list is t^e Ho^E, an animal too well known in all its vaneties to need much description. The ancient war-horse, so magnifi- cently described in the book of Job, is well represented by S mit woilrful head in the British Museum, a fragment from r Templo of Minerva at Athens. The ancients never aprTared to ride on the horse to battle, but to fight from small o^eu chariots, to which two or more horses were 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : G. Routledge
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