. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. 136 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS e \- e r )- m o u n t e d Swiss soldier supplied his own horse. Nothing remains of this custom but the fact that each man in the ca\'- alry service may become the possessor of his horse on certain conditions and b\' pa\'ing a certain sum ; also he may do what he likes with the animal when he is not in service. In case of a call to active service he must bring his horse (which has, meantime, been annually inspected) until
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. 136 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS e \- e r )- m o u n t e d Swiss soldier supplied his own horse. Nothing remains of this custom but the fact that each man in the ca\'- alry service may become the possessor of his horse on certain conditions and b\' pa\'ing a certain sum ; also he may do what he likes with the animal when he is not in service. In case of a call to active service he must bring his horse (which has, meantime, been annually inspected) until the tenth year, when the animal becomes his exclu- sive property. It would be difficult to cite a better ex- ample of Swiss democracy and individualism. Spain has a cavalry of ten thousand horses, the artillery and the transpor- tation trains being usually served by mules. The remounts are bought in the country itself, except a few heavy draft horses which are imp(.)rted from Hold Fno. 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 Voogt, Gos de, 1863-1918; Wormeley, Katharine Prescott; Burkett, Charles William, 1873- ed. Boston, Ginn & Company
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