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these secondary races proceed froLQ crosses of the two priraitive stocks, 

 and partake of their qualities, resj)ectively^ in proportion as they are 

 found in regions neighboring those of the primitive stocks. 



There is sometimes met with, but very rarely, another breed of 

 dromedaries, belonging to the tribes inhabiting the country to the 

 southwest of the Atlas mountains and adjacent to the kingdom of 

 Morocco, I have seen only a few of these dromedaries, but they 

 seemed to me to be fully as good as either the Nomanieh or the Bicha- 

 rieh, though of lighter build. 



The Nomanieh is generally of heavier form than the Bicharieh, and 

 almost always more thickset. Its hair is also longer, and it is always 

 of a fawn color more or less deep. 



The Bicharieh is very slender, with longer and more delicate limbs. 

 Many are fawn colored. Many are of lighter colors. And some en- 

 tirely white, with very short hair. 



The difference in the movement of the animals of these two breeds 

 is, also, very marked, and notwithstanding the assertion, I am satis- 

 fied 'that it does not proceed only from the difference in raising andl 

 training. Natural qualities and conformation contribute much to their,- 

 respective gaits, and although I have often tried to teach a young 

 Bicharieh dromedary to move like Nomaniehs, and though, more- 

 over, they had never before been ridden and were quite young, I have 

 never been able to succeed ; nor in giving to the Nomanieh the gait 

 of the Bicharieh, 



The Nomanieh generally in moving carries the four feet directly in 

 line, one after the other, which gives a quick step without jolting. 

 They always carry the head very low and move as steadily as a machine. 

 They are made to carry the head low by means of a long switch 

 hooked at the end, called matrah. 



The motion that the rider feels is one simultaneously from right to 

 left and from rear to front, which often wearies the chest and does not 

 seem to be an easy gait. At this quick pace the Nomanieh will make 

 from si^ to eight miles an hour. To go quicker, it must trot, and 

 then they move the two feet on the same side almost at the same time. 



The Bicharieh, in its pace, has a shorter and slower step than the 

 Nomanieh, and the movement of the feet though similar is less regu- 

 lar, which gives to the rider rather a single motion from rear to front. 

 For the pace the Nomanieh is preferable ; but for the trot, it is dif- 

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