HORSES. 2 G5 



of Kohlan is the most celebrated for its beauty, temper, 

 courage, memory, and almost human intelligence. 



The value which the Arabs themselves set upon their 

 horses may perhaps be exemplified, when I say that 

 the before-mentioned mare (Cora) had been brought 

 to the coast in some secret manner ; and as soon as it 

 transpired where she was, a comparatively insignificant 

 sultan of the interior sent to offer goods for her to the 

 value of three hundred pounds. When her master left 

 Africa he sold her to a general officer, and I never 

 heard what became of her after that. The following is 

 a short pedigree of one of these valuable creatures : 

 4 In the name of God the merciful ! The cause of the 

 present writing is, that we witness that the grey horse 

 Derrish, of Mahomet Bey, is of the first breed of 

 Nedgdee horses, whose mother is the grey mare Hadha 

 the famous, and whose father is the bay horse Dahrouge, 

 of the horses of the tribe Benihaled. We testify on 

 our conscience and fortune that he is the breed con- 

 cerning which the prophet said, "The true runners, 

 when they run, strike fire ; they grant prosperity until 

 the day of judgment." We have testified what is known, 

 and God knows who are true witnesses/ Six signatures 

 verified this pedigree. 



I had marked out a selection of quotations as proofs 

 of the high qualities of the noble horse ; but I must 

 now be as brief as possible, and not profit too much by 

 the interesting labours of others. I therefore continue 

 my own observations. When staying on the borders of 

 the river Gambia, I saw two of the native horses which 

 belonged to the stud of the Commandant there. They 

 had been brought from the interior, and taken from 

 a wild herd; but they were totally unlike the races 



