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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



PREFACE BY SIR WALTER GILBEY, BART. - - vii 



I. INTRODUCTORY .... - i 



II. DETERIORATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN HORSE - " ^3 



III. DETERIORATION OF THE HORSE IN ENGLAND - 26 



IV. CAUSE OF DETERIORATION - - - "51 

 V. THAT THE DETERIORATION HAS BEEN IN FALLING 



AWAY FROM THE ARAB - - - - 80 

 VI. THE EXCELLENCE OF THE ARAB ACCORDING TO 

 MAJOR-GENERAL TWEEDIE, GENERAL DAUMAS, AND 



THE GREAT EMIR ABD-EL-KADER - - - 96 

 VII. SUNDRY ENCOMIUMS ON THE ARAB TAKEN AT RANDOM, 

 AND INSTANCES OF THE LOVE OF THE ARAB BY 



GREAT SOLDIERS - - - - - 1 24 



VIII. HORSES OF ANCIENT ARABIA - - - - 1 76 

 IX. MR. DAY AND THE DODO - - - "195 



X. WHAT SORT OF HORSE TO BREED - - - 204 



XI. WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES ARE BREEDING - - 224 



XII. CONCLUSION ------ 239 



APPENDIX I - - - - 242 



APPENDIX II - - - - - - 244 



