82 HISTORY OF THE 



Lord Bolingbroke's Philippo ; Mr. Piggott's Mil- 

 lico ; Lord Craven's Pastime ; Mr. Foley's Mus- 

 sulman, &c. He likewise got the Dam of Thet- 

 ford, Crop, Elder, Grace, Feenow, Kiss-my-lady, 

 Nobleman, &c. 



Mr. Bell's Grey Arabian, sire of Mistake, 

 first covered in 1765, at Mr. Carver's, Goulder's 

 Green, near Barnet, Hampstead, and Hendon, 

 Middlesex, at lOgs. and 5s. the groom. He also 

 covered, at the same place and price, in 1766, 

 and from that year till 1772. 



This truly valuable horse is said to have been one 

 of the purest and most esteemed breed amongst 

 the Arabs that has ever yet been brought to the 

 Western parts of Europe, having been purchased 

 at the distance of thirty days' journey from St. 

 John d'Acre, the nearest sea port to the deserts 

 of Arabia, by Philip John, an Armenian, sent by 

 Mr. Bell on purpose, and with an unlimited com- 

 mission to buy the best and most genuine breed 

 horse he could find in Arabia at any price ; and 

 who, as well from his great skill in horses, as 

 from his perfect acquaintance with the language 

 and manners of Arabs, was enabled to execute the 

 commission Mr. Bell had given him, in a manner 

 no other European could have done ; in consequence 

 of which, by his address and by means of the 

 valuable presents he made to Beny-Suckr, the 

 principal chief and commander of all the different 

 tribes of Arabs of those deserts, and to the sheiks, 

 other great men there, he not only got permis- 



