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Borghese, and in these, particularly the Borghese, 

 we have a remarkable proof of the permanency of 

 its characters, since, as we have before mentioned, 

 it was evidently of ancient standing in the time of 

 Virgil, and nevertheless is not yet extinct. 



We have mentioned a cross breed among the 

 black Kalmucks, one clouded with brown or sooty 

 black, and with one or more limbs usually dark. 



There is another frequent among the Pindarrees, 

 when it is a cross with the native Tattoos. We 

 believe these to be the real Ghoonts found in the 

 vicinity of Kalunga. 



There are in Spain horses of this kind, Pio Ale- 

 zan, Pio Castanno, and Pio Negro, and from them 

 may have sprung the skewbalds of Patagonia ; but 

 these possibly descend from accidental causes, which 

 \ve know operate sometimes in a similar manner on 

 the livery of horses in England and elsewhere, but 

 always with characters to be distinguished from the 

 real Tangum stock. 



Finally, the skewbald breed of Achin in Sumatra, 

 no doubt anciently brought across from the Malay 

 peninsula, has likewise been mentioned. 



In Europe the race is now almost exclusively 

 employed to mount trumpeters and military bands 

 in Hussar regiments, and from their known aptitude 

 and docility, as well as striking aspect, they are 

 cherished for the exhibitions of equestrian perform- 

 ances in the modern circus. * 



* There were, in 1815, some squadrons of Bavarian Hussars 

 mounted on skewbalds. 



