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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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 10. Arab Mares in the act of jumping at Arab stud farm, Need- 

 ham Market, ....... 



11. Bint Nura, brood mare descended from the mares and 



stallions collected by Abbas I., now at the Crabbet Park 

 Arabian Stud, colour full chestnut, 



12. Ibn Nura, another portrait, ..... 



13. Shibboleth, sire of Kars and Sherifa, 



14. Ahmar, 1S9S, ........ 



15. Trigonia, a chestnut mare, dam of Kouch and Aurora, 



16. Beau (3 years), by Kismet, dam Coquette, by Kouch, grand 



dam Mitre, ........ 



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17. Kautaka II, two -year -old stallion, by Kismet, out of 



Sultana, ' 224 



