pages452，455。OneofthesmallestponiesIeversaw，ofthecolourofamouse，hadaconspicuousspinalstripe。AsmallIndianchestnutponyhadthesamestripe，ashadaremarkablyheavychestnutcart—horse。Race—horsesoftenhavethespinalstripe。）Occasionallyhorsesaretransverselybarredonthelegs，chieflyontheunderside;andmorerarelytheyhaveadistinctstripeontheshoulder，likethatontheshoulderoftheass，orabroaddarkpatchrepresentingastripe。BeforeenteringonanydetailsI
mustpremisethatthetermdun—colouredisvague，andincludesthreegroupsofcolours，viz。，thatbetweencream—colourandreddish—brown，whichgraduatesintolight—bayorlight—chestnut——this，Ibelieveisoftencalledfallow—dun;secondly，leadenorslate—colourormouse—dun，whichgraduatesintoanash—colour;and，lastly，dark—dun，betweenbrownandblack。InEnglandIhaveexaminedaratherlarge，lightly—built，fallow—dunDevonshirepony（Figure1），withaconspicuousstripealongtheback，withlighttransversestripesontheundersidesofitsfrontlegs，andwithfourparallelstripesoneachshoulder。Ofthesefourstripestheposterioronewasveryminuteandfaint;theanteriorone，ontheotherhand，waslongandbroad，butinterruptedinthemiddle，andtruncatedatitslowerextremity，withtheanteriorangleproducedintoalongtaperingpoint。I
mentionthislatterfactbecausetheshoulder—stripeoftheassoccasionallypresentsexactlythesameappearance。Ihavehadanoutlineanddescriptionsenttomeofasmall，purely—bred，lightfallow—dunWelchpony，withaspinalstripe，asingletransversestripeoneachleg，andthreeshoulder—stripes;theposteriorstripecorrespondingwiththatontheshoulderoftheasswasthelongest，whilstthetwoanteriorparallelstripes，arisingfromthemane，decreasedinlength，inareversedmannerascomparedwiththeshoulder—stripesontheabove—describedDevonshirepony。Ihaveseenabrightfallow—duncob，withitsfrontlegstransverselybarredontheundersidesinthemostconspicuousmanner;alsoadark—
leadenmouse—colouredponywithsimilarlegstripes，butmuchlessconspicuous;alsoabrightfallow—duncolt，fullythree—partsthoroughbred，withveryplaintransversestripesonthelegs;alsoachestnut—duncart—
horsewithaconspicuousspinalstripe，withdistincttracesofshoulder—