VERY OFTEN AS PEOPLE TAKE THE FERRY BOATS FROM FERNANDINA TO SAINT MARYS, GEORGIA OR ON THE RETURN TRIP, THEY ARE AWED AND EXCITED TO SEE ALONG THE WAY, THE FERAL HORSES WHO LIVE ON CUMBERLAND ISLAND, GEORGIA. THE ANCESTORS OF THESE HORSES WERE FIRST BROUGHT TO CUMBERLAND ISLAND IN THE SIXTEEN HUNDREDS. ORIGINALLY THE ISLAND WAS OCCUPIED BY INDIANS BUT AS EXPLORERS AND MILITARY PEOPLE, AND THE EARLY SETTLERS CAME SO DID HORSES. THE ISLAND'S HORSES ARE LARGE , 15 HANDS OR FIVE FEET TALL. THEY HAVE LONGER LEGS AND LONGER BACKS THAN MOST EAST COAST HORSES. THEY LIVE OFF THE LAND. THEY ARE SEEN ROAMING OVER THE DUNES AND MARSHES AND SOMETIMES ON THE LAWNS OF OLD ESTATES.