visible through the eyelids, as it is derived from its depth and expression. The part 

 of the eyeball seen between the eyelids may not be so large as is often to be seen in 

 other horses, but it is very full; standing on one side of the animal and a little be- 

 hind, the fullness of the ball and its prominence are very observable, and when 

 the animal is excited the eye displays much fire, but it is seldom that any of the 

 white is seen. The lids are particularly fine, the eyelashes long and silky. The 

 face is lean and full of fine drawing. The muzzle is particularly fine, the lips long 

 and thin (not fleshy) ; the upper lip well cut or chiseled, the lower lip small, well 

 formed, compressed and terse. The nostril in a state of repose is very long, beau- 

 tifully curled, delicate and thin; when the horse is in action or excited the nostril 

 opens very wide, and gives a bold, square, sharp and vigorous expression. The 

 lower jaws are fine, clean and set wide apart; the cheek-bones are sharply cut; 

 the ears are beautifully shaped, pointed and well placed, and point inward in a 

 marked and peculiar manner, which is considered a point of great beauty and a 

 great sign of high or pure breeding. The neck is of moderate length, and of a 

 graceful curve or gentle arch from the poll to the withers ; it is neither a light, weak 

 neck nor a heavy neck, but it is a strong, light and muscular neck, with the splenius 

 muscle well developed. The junction of the head and neck is very graceful; the 

 head is well set on. The withers are high, and run well back, are well developed 

 and not too narrow or thin. The back is short, the loins are powerful, the croup 

 high, the haunch very fine, the tail well set on and the dock short. The quarters 

 are both long and deep, the gaskins sufficiently full and muscular without being 

 heavy, ponderous or vulgar ; the thighs are well let down ; the hocks are clean, large, 

 -well formed, well placed and near the ground. The shoulders are long and pow- 

 erful, well developed, but light at the points; the scapulae are long and of a good 

 slope, and broad at the base; the arms are long, lean and muscular, deep at the 

 elbow, which is well developed; the knees are large and square and deep; the tra- 

 pezium, or bone at the back of the knee, is very prominent ; the legs are short, deep 

 and of fair-sized bone, the tendons and ligaments large and well strung; the fetlock 

 joint is large and bold, the pasterns are long, large, sloping, very elastic and strong ; 

 the feet wide and open at the heels, and not very high in the desert. The chest is 

 both deep and capacious, and in the perfection of its form differs considerably from 

 that of any other kind of horse I have seen, not excepting the English racer or 

 thoroughbred horse. It is neither too flat and narrow nor too round; it is a very 

 happy and perfect medium, and of a beautiful form in section, securing large ca- 

 pacity with great elasticity. His body, or trunk, behind the chest, is small, but 

 formed like a barrel. He is essentially short above, but long below. The line from 

 the withers to the setting on of the tail is short compared with the space of ground 

 he stands upon from fore to hind feet. The skin is fine ; the hair is short, soft and 

 silky; the skin is seen through the hairs to a greater degree than in other horses. 

 The mane and tail are long, and hair often very fine. The whole of the hinder 

 parts, from the haunch to the heels, taken collectively or in detail, show great ■ 

 length. There is also a width of haunch noticeable — indeed, not only in the horses 

 of the Anizah, but in most desert-bred Arabians in so marked a degree as to be 

 almost a distinguishing feature, and many horses commonly called or known as 

 Arabs are deficient in this respect. The general appearance of the Keheilan indi- 

 cates the highest breeding and great nobility. He is a horse of high courage, easily 

 excited and of a nervous temperament, but his high spirit and courage are tem- 

 pered by his sagacity= 



"The Arabs are very particular with regard to three points in connection with 

 the head of their horse — the Jibbah, or forehead ; the Mitbeh, or form of the throat 

 at its junction with the head, and the shape, size, direction and attitude of the ears. 



"The Jibbah, or forehead, can scarcely be too large or too prominent to please 

 an Arab. The formation of the frontal and parietal bones, which determine whether 



