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obliterated by newer forms of bay and black co- 

 lours. * 



Although we possess a series of drawings of the 

 pied form of horses derived from Indian, Tahtar, 

 and European specimens, it is to be regretted that 

 of the Kiang, in either his winter or summer garb, 

 no trustworthy figure has reached us; we have 

 therefore been compelled to ofi'er a specimen of one 

 of the domesticated breeds, known, it appears, in 

 India, by the name of Tangum race, which came 

 from Sikim in Lower Thibet. It appears to be 

 taller than the " Tanghans" of the hills near Kat- 

 mandoo. See Plate VII. 



There is some variety in the stature and livery of 

 these horses, the wild in general being the smallest, 

 and having the greatest number of squarish clouded 

 spots ; while the domesticated, similarly white about 

 the limbs and part of the back, are marked by such 

 large clouds of bay, that two or three spread over 

 the whole body, head, and neck. In general the 

 head is included in the bay colour, and where it 

 comes down over the shoulder and the thigh, that 

 colour deepens into black ; there is also a proportion 

 of black and white in the mane and tail, not unfre- 

 quently a black edging on the ears, and the eyes 



* See the anterior part of this work, where the breeds of 

 antiquity and the wild horses are described. Pierre Vidal, 

 who attended Richard Coeur-de-lion, speaks of them in his 

 NoveUe, 1208. Guill. de la Ferte, 1221, stained glass in Notre 

 Daree de Chartres, has a pied charger. Raffaelle, in his 

 picture of Attila, frescos of the Vatican ; and the two other 

 painters in their Auroras. 



