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that it certainly was marvellous how strong they 

 were ; many ponies, apparently much stronger, 

 cannot do half what the Arab can. One small 

 Ar-ab stallion carried Mr. Galvayne and his kit 

 sixty miles one day, and did not seem a bit dis- 

 tressed about it ; and he says that it is seldom you 

 meet with a vicious Arab, or, indeed, one with any 

 bad tricks at all. Their docility is admirable. 



He also writes that an Arab stallion put to 

 Australian and South African ponies will, or should, 

 produce a perfect small army horse or mounted 

 infantry pony, and that the remount horse should 

 not be over 1 5 hands, with a big bit of quality. 



Further on he returns to the subject, and thinks 

 there is only one sort of pony that will do for 

 mounted infantry — viz., the pony with an Arab sire. 

 The Arab is naturally good-tempered, not excitable, 

 yet full of spirit and game. He can do a long day's 

 journey, and repeat the performance for several con- 

 secutive days, seemingly with the minimum of 

 fatigue to himself and to his rider. His paces are 

 comfortable, his size, strength, and general appear- 

 ance suitable. He describes the Basuto pony, which 

 I have already shown, on the authority of Professor 

 Wallace and others, to be descended from Arabs, 

 and which Mr. Galvayne says is a ' really wonderful 

 little fellow. Small, compact, strong, and active, 

 weight never seems to trouble him at all. . . . The 

 writer rode a mite of a thing thirty miles in one day 

 over a frightfully bad country. . . . And the pony not 



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