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Of the bay stock there is also now forming the 

 New Holland breed, entirely of Arab blood; one 

 gentleman being in possession of a stud of three 

 hundred thorough bred horses, each on an average 

 valued at £ 100 sterling. 



On the west of Turkey we have the noble breeds 

 of Transylvania^ in stature rising to fifteen hands 

 and more ; with slender bodies, fine heads, high 

 withers, the tail set on level with the back, and the 

 limbs fine, — evidently a race of Turkish origin, and 

 very like the Spanish. Colours bay or grey ; mane 

 and tail long and silky. 



The Moldavian^ nearly of the same stature, but 

 less elegantly made, the head being larger, the tail 

 set on lower, but still a noble race, with more of 

 the ancient blood, and in colour bay or chestnut. 

 These characters prove an affinity with 



The Greek horse, of similar stature, but still 

 coarser head and jowl, scraggy neck, and rather 

 knotty joints, but possessed of enduring qualities 

 and temper. This breed belongs more particularly 

 to Eastern Greece, and is in general chestnut ; there 

 are bays and greys, but very few black. 



More westward in Europe, the bay stock, as M'e 

 have already mentioned, was early carried to seve- 

 ral places on the coast of the Mediterranean, to 

 Sicily, and in particular to Spain, where, if it was 

 deteriorated by the Goths during their dominion, 

 more than pristine nobility was restored to it by 

 the iSaracen invasion, which brought directly both 

 Arabian and Barbary blood in great abundance to 



