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estimation. The Roswallas likewise possess most' 

 numerous herds of beautiful horses, and the powerful 

 tribe of Benilam are now in possession of the Ghi- 

 lan pastures, as well as of those in Shuster, where 

 the ancient studs of Nisa and Susa were reared for 

 the Persian kings. Mr. Bruce adds the Moualis, 

 south of Palmyra and Damascus, where the studs 

 are of similar ancient renown. 



The Kochlani, or superior breed, appear to be 

 reared more generally in the deserts than in the 

 more fixed abodes of the Arabian nation ; it being- 

 evident elsewhere also, that horses acquire the most 

 valued qualities by living in dry wildernesses and 

 on scanty vegetation : every where the present Asi- 

 atic races are traceable to these nurseries, and the 

 Arabs have extended their selection of this kind of 

 residence far beyond their own frontiers. At this 

 moment, their Negeddy breed of Sannaa, which we 

 take to be a part of the Najd of Arabia Felix, is in 

 part stationed to the east of the Indus, in the well 

 known desert of that region. 



Prince P. Muskau differs in many particulars 

 with the foregoing statement, and it may be ob- 

 served every writer on the subject of Arabian horses 

 seems to generalize the information he has obtained 

 in a particular quarter as applicable to the whole ; 

 the Prince believes that to the first rank belongs 

 two races : 



The real Nedschdis; that is to say, those bred 

 in the province of that name, from whence all 

 the noblest blood has been derived; it forms five 



