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EXMOOR LASS, and other Pony Stories
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BY ANNA SEWELL
BLACK BEAUTY: The Autobiography of a Horse
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This is a new edition of the classic of the horse. Today as many readers as ever are enjoying the tale of Black Beauty’s early life and pleasant friends, his fall to the hard lot of a London cab-horse, and the happy ending of his story.

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BOMBAY CALCUTTA MADRAS

SKEWBALD AND HIS MOTHER

SKEWBALD

THE NEW FOREST PONY

By ALLEN W. SEABY

AUTHOR OF

“EXMOOR LASS, AND OTHER PONY STORIES”

AND “THE BIRDS OF THE AIR; OR, BRITISH BIRDS IN THEIR HAUNTS”

A. & C. BLACK, LTD.

4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1

MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN

First Published in 1923

Reprinted in 1927, 1929, 1931 and 1934

AUTHOR’S NOTE

All the characters, human and

equine, in this story are fictitious.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.THE HERD[3]
II.THE FOAL[14]
III.THE CHASE[22]
IV.DEATH ON THE ROAD[29]
V.SKEWBALD’S NEIGHBOURS[35]
VI.WINTER[48]
VII.THE RIVAL LEADERS[52]
VIII.SKEWBALD IN TROUBLE[58]
IX.THE NEW-COMERS[65]
X.THE BRANDING OF SKEWBALD[69]
XI.SKEWBALD’S JUMPING[78]
XII.CHANGING THE BRAND[86]
XIII.THE BROKEN LEG[94]
XIV.HOW SKEWBALD RANG THE FIREBELL[107]
XV.THE WANDERERS[113]
XVI.SKEWBALD THE SWIFT[129]
XVII.HOW SKEWBALD ESCAPED THE MINES[141]

Map of The New Forest

SKEWBALD

THE NEW FOREST PONY