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very curious, although we think it highly exag- 

 gerated. 



*' Above all horses in the world," writes the 

 Count, *' the kohlan is distinguished for the 

 goodness of his qualities and the beauty of his 

 form. He possesses uncommon mildness of 

 temper ; an unalterable faithfulness to his mas- 

 ter ; a courage and intrepidity, as astonishing 

 as they are innate in his noble breast ; an un- 

 failing remembrance of the places where he has 

 been, and of the treatment he has received ; not 

 to be led, not to be touched, but by his master ; 

 in the most dreadful confusion of battle, cool and 

 collected, he never forgets the place he came 

 from, and though mortally wounded, if he can 

 gather up sufficient strength, he carries back his 

 desponding rider to his defeated tribe. 



** His intelligence is wonderful : he knows 

 when he is sold, or even when his master is 

 bargaining to sell him. When the proprietor 

 and purchaser meet for that purpose in the sta- 

 bles, the kohlan soon guesses what is going on, 

 becomes restless, gives from his beautiful eye a 

 side glance at the interlocutors, scrapes the 

 ground with his foot, and plainly shews his dis- 

 conj^nt. Neither the buyer nor any one else 

 dares to come near him : but, the bargain being 

 struck, when the vendor, taking the kohlan by 



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