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had ridden sixty miles in the withering heat of the 

 desert, without drawing bit. These horses, accord- 

 ing to Marmol, are not mounted till they are seven 

 years old, and until then are allowed to follow the 

 she-camels, whose udders they suck for a long time. 

 From the information which Mr. Davidson received 

 when he viewed one at the imperial stables of Mo- 

 rocco, and afterwards while he had daily opportunity 

 of seeing them in their own region, it appears they 

 are fed only once in three days., when they receive 

 a large jar of camels' milk as their only food ; but 

 it is known that they have sometimes a handful of 

 crushed dates : yet with such scanty sustenance, by 

 nature not intended for horses, they retain a vigour 

 which their real food would not bestow upon them, 

 and hunt the ostrich with unceasing speed. 



THE BORNOU RACE, 

 PLATE X. 



found more towards the centre of Northern Africa, 

 is extolled by Mr. Tally as possessed of the quali- 

 ties of the Arabian and the beauty of the Barb. An 

 individual of this, or perhaps of the Dongola race, 

 which we have seen and sketched, was full fifteen 

 hands high, and in proportion short of body ; the 

 head was not set on gracefully, nor the eyes suffi- 

 ciently large ; his back was carped, with flat quar- 

 ters and flanks ; the tail set on rather low, but the 

 shoulder fine, the upper arm the most robust possi- 

 ble, and the limbs and feet beautiful. He came to 

 England from the Gambia* was greyish white in 



