. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . ops, merely for the pleasure of being together; for they are Equus cabalhis, Lin. The g-enus Eqiiiis has six upper and six lower incisors; twoupper and two lower canines, or sometimes none in the females; twelve upper and twelvelower molars. Molars furrowed on each side, with flat crowns and several ridges of enamel;a void space between the canines and molars ; upper lip capable of considerable motioa ;eyes lar^e ; ears rather large, pointed, erect, and moveatde
. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . ops, merely for the pleasure of being together; for they are Equus cabalhis, Lin. The g-enus Eqiiiis has six upper and six lower incisors; twoupper and two lower canines, or sometimes none in the females; twelve upper and twelvelower molars. Molars furrowed on each side, with flat crowns and several ridges of enamel;a void space between the canines and molars ; upper lip capable of considerable motioa ;eyes lar^e ; ears rather large, pointed, erect, and moveatde; feet terminating in a solidhoof; tail with long hair, or a tuft at its extremity; two inguinal mammae. MAMMALIA—HORSE. 311 not fearful of, but have an attachment to, each other. As herbs and vegeta-bles are sulhcient for their nourishment, they have quite enough to satisfytheir appetite; and as they have no relish for the flesh of animak, theynever makt war with them, nor with each other. They never quarrelabout their food, they have no occasion to ravish the prey of another, tiieordinary source of contentions and The astonishment aiid fear which the inhabitants of Mexico and Peruexpressed at the sight of horses and their riders, convinced the Spaniardsthat this animal was entirely unknown in those countries. They thereforecarried thither a great number, as well for service and their particularutility, as to propagate the breed. M. de la Salle, in 1685, saw in thenorthern parts of America, near the bay of St. Louis, whole troops of thesewild horses, feeding in the pastures, which were so fierce that no one daredto approach them. The author of the History of the Adventures of theBuccaneers, says, that, in the island of St Domingo, horses may sometimesbe seen in troops of upwards of five hundred, all running together; and that assoon as they see a man, they will all stop. That one of them will approachto a certain distance, snort, take flight, and then all the rest
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