MULTUM IN PARVO (28) ” 58 THOR (83) ” 60 PRINCE OF THULE (36) ” 64 SAPPHIRE (1276) ” 68 BOADICEA (998) ” 72 STELLA (1692) ” 76 FOALS IN SUMMER ” 90 A TEAM OF MARES ” 100 A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK ” 104 _By permission of the Proprietors of ‘Punch.’_ ON DUTY ” 108 ILLUSTRATION PLATES IN APPENDIX. PLATE I. _At end_ Fig. 1. A 41-inch Java Pony. Fig. 2. A Norwegian Udganger Pony. Fig. 3. A 42-inch Pony of the Udganger type from Iceland. PLATE II. ” Fig. 4. Skeleton of Highland Chieftain, a 33-inch Shetland Pony. Fig. 5. Skeleton of Persimmon, a 66-inch Thoroughbred. PLATE III. ” Fig. 6. Skull of Eric, a 36·5-inch Shetland Pony. Fig. 7. Skull of a new-born foal, Celtic type. Fig. 8. Skull of a wild Prjevalsky horse, from Mongolia. PLATE IV. ” Fig. 9_a_. Cannon-bone, Eric. Fig. 9_b_. Cannon-bone, _Protohippus_. Fig. 9_c_. Cannon-bone, _Hypohippus_. Fig. 10. Fore and hind foot, _Eohippus_. Fig. 11. Fore and hind foot, _Orohippus_. Fig. 11_a_. Forefoot, _Neohipparion_. Fig. 11_b_. Engraving of a small-headed horse. PLATE V. ” Fig. 12. _Eohippus_, 12 inches. Fig. 13. _Orohippus_, 16 inches. Fig. 14. _Mesohippus_, 24 inches. Fig. 15. _Hypohippus_, 40 inches. Fig. 16. _Merychippus_, 36 inches. Fig. 17. Shetland, 33 inches. PLATE VI. ” Fig. 18. Skeleton of fore-foot of _Mesohippus_. Fig. 19. Forefoot of _Merychippus_ (or _Protohippus_). Fig. 20. Forefoot of _Hypohippus_, the Miocene “forest” horse. Fig. 21. Upper molar, _E. stenonis_. Fig. 22. Upper molar, _E. fossilis_. Fig. 23. Premolar and molars of a small mediæval? horse from Aberdour, Aberdeenshire. Fig. 24. Premolar and molars of a small horse from the Roman Fort, Newstead. The Shetland Pony. CHAPTER I. The Early History.