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half an inch, and upwards, which size is seldom 

 exceeded by Arabian horses. He was bred by 

 the Arab who was Sheick or Chief of Aeria, 

 noted for his breed of horses, and presented 

 when a foal, to the Bashaw of Damascus, and 

 given by him to a rich Turkey merchant at 

 Aleppo, with whom the Bashaw had great deal- 

 ings in money affairs. He was bought there at 

 two years old, by an English gentleman, in 

 whose possession he continued till his arrival 

 in England. This account was to be seen 

 certified on stamped paper, at Smeaton, as late 

 as 1807. He was sire of Mr. Vernon's Flush, 

 Mr. Marche's Mungo, and Trump, Sir F. Eve- 

 lyn's Atom, Mr. Sheele's Little Joe, Mr. Burl- 

 ton's Musti and Pigmy, Mr. Pleasant's Magpie, 

 &c. He got the dam of Mr. Wentworth's 

 Merry Wakefield, (afterwards Mr. W. Wilson's 

 Menelaus), which dam was also the dam of the 

 Ancaster Mare, that bred Mr. Fenton's Alegro, 

 Dapple, Miss Grimstone, &c. 



The Brown Arabian, better known as the 

 Cullen Arabian, (sire of Camillus &c.) was 

 brought into England by Mr. Mosco, from 

 Constantinople, and afterwards became the 

 property of Lord Cullen ; he was bred in the 

 Royal Stud, highly esteemed for the purity and 

 genealogy of his blood, and presented to the 



