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the Art, and the capacity of the horfe to execute them. 

 While thefe feats, are only a difplay of the a(flivity and 

 fupplenefs of the man, without any attention to the 

 horfe, beyond the ordinary method of riding. 



The Arabian breed is propagated in Barbary, among 

 the Moors, and even among the negroes, on the banks 

 oi Gambia and Senegal, where fome horfes of beauty and 

 merit are fometimes to be found in the pofleffion of the 

 princes and chiefs of thefe people. Inftead of barley 

 and oats they are fed with Indian corn, bruifed, or 

 ground into flour, and mixed with milk : this nou- 

 rifhes them, and makes them fat : and although the 

 country is feverely hot, they are permitted to drink 

 but fparingly, Arabia has peopled not only Egypt and 

 T'urkey, but, as it is thought, Perfia alfo with horfes,. 

 which formerly boafted a very generous and admired 

 breed of its own. Marcus Paulas fpeaks of a ftud which 

 could count feveral thoufand white mares ; and fays, 

 that in the province of Balafcia, were great numbers of 

 large and acfkive horfes, whofe feet were fo good, and 

 - their hoofs fo tough and firm, that fhoes were ufelefs 

 and curaberfome. 



The Egyptian horfes are little known in Europe, but 

 the country is certainly capable of producing a noble 

 and ferviceable breed, equal to thofe it boafted in 

 former days. It is faid by fome late travellers (whofe 

 judgment, neverthelefs, as horfemen, cannot be re- 

 lied on) that its horfes are fuperior to thofe of all the 



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