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their crupper more elevated. They are possessed of a 

 great deal of fire and spirit, extremely 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 somewhat larger than the latter 

 in size, with fine heads and crests, and in general well 

 formed about the shoulder, straight backed, but droop 

 considerably towards the haunches. They are exceed- 

 ingly swift ; and as none of them are geldings they 

 possess great spirit, and are naturally fiery in their 

 dispositions. 



The forehead of the Barb is generally long and 

 slender, and his mane rather scanty ; his ears are 

 small, beautifully shaped, and so placed on the forehead 

 as to give him great expression ; his shoulders are 

 tight, flat, and sloping backwards ; withers fine, and 

 standing high ; loins short and straight ; flanks and 

 ribs round and full, without producing in him too large 

 a belly ; his haunches are strong and elastic ; the 

 croup is sometimes long to a fault ; the tail is placed 



