220 THE ARABIAN RACE. 



breeds : 1st, Sada-Tokan ; 2d, Touesse-al-Hamie ; 

 3d, Shouahi-em-Anhoub ; 4th, Hamdanye-Symra ; 

 5th, Souat-hije-sedem-Sachra ; the first of these 

 names records that of the mare, the second gives 

 the proprietors. 



The second is the race of Kaehel (we take to be 

 the same as the Koheyl and Kaylan already men- 

 tioned) ; of this the Prince knows only four studs : 

 1st, Kaehel-el-Adschroass ; 2d, Kaehel-Moussou- 

 me ; 3d, Kaehel-Moussalsal ; 4th, Kaehel-WednaE. ; 

 all chiefly found on the desert between Bassora and 

 Bagdad. He states that a Nedschi presented to 

 Abbas Pacha was above eighteen years old, and yet 

 valued at 400 sterling ; and moreover, that he 

 could find no traces of the genealogies of blood- 

 horses pretended to be preserved by the Arabs, but 

 that they are fabricated in towns, if the purchaser 

 demands them. " The Arab of the desert is content 

 to know the dam and sire of the colt, and to rely 

 on the care that every one takes of the purity of 

 race." Of the Emir Bechir's stud he speaks with 

 contempt, though we can hardly believe the old 

 man of the mountain could have given cause for it 

 to one so profoundly read in men and horses. 



Although the Arabian steed may not be acknow- 

 ledged by amateurs of exceeding fast going, as per- 

 fect in form, no race is possessed of a more beautiful 

 head, for above the eyes it is squarer and below the 

 nose is plane and more tapering than any other , 

 the muzzle being fine, short, and adorned with wide 

 and delicate nostrils; the eyes are very prominent, 



