GALLOWAYS is the name of a peculiar sort of horses, so called from the county of Galloway in Scotland, where they are bred. Tradition reports that this kind of horses sprang from some Spanish stallions, which swam on shore from some of the ships of the famous Spanish armada, wrecked on the coast; and coupling with the mares of the country, furnished the kingdom with their posterity. They were much esteemed, and of a middling size, strong, active, nervous, and hardy.