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necks, and heads disproportionably large to the body. In 

 size, they are from fifteen to sixteen hands high, and of 

 excellent temper. 



In that portion of central Asia peopled by the . Tartars 

 and Calmucks, are many herds, or tabunes of wild horses. 

 These herds may be seen grazing together on the same plain, 

 but never intermingle, nor do any individuals of the respec- 

 tive herds stray from them. Their forms are so different 

 that horses of one herd can at once be distinguished from 

 those of the other. 



THE TURKISH HORSE. 



The horses of Turkey are chiefly descendants from those 

 of Arabia, Persia, and Barbary. Their foreheads are slender, 

 and they carry their heads higher than the Arabian breed ; 

 their bodies are longer, and their crupper more elevated. 

 They are possessed of a great deal of fire and spirit, ex- 

 tremely active, and peculiarly adapted to the Turkish mode 

 of performing military evolutions. They are said to evince 

 great affection for their masters. 



SECTION III.— OF AFRICAN HORSES. 



The horses of Africa are next to the Arabian in point of 

 lineage and excellence, and are probably sprung from them. 

 They generally possess a fine form and that mildness of 

 disposition peculiar to the Eastern horses. 



THE BARB. 



The present horses of Morocco are a race nearly allied to 

 the Arabian, and have been produced by a cross of those of 

 Algiers, which are supposed to have had their origin in a 

 south European breed, crossed with the Arabian, but some- 

 what larger than the latter in size, with fine heads and crests, 



