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and in general well formed about the shoulder, straight 

 backed, but droop considerably towards the haunches. The7 

 are exceedingly swift ; and as none of them are geldings, 

 they possess great spirit, and are naturally fiery in their 

 dispositions. 



The forehead of the Barb is generally long and slender, 

 and his mane rather scanty ; his ears are small, beautifully 

 shaped, and so placed on the forehead as to give him great 

 expression ; his shoulders are tight, flat, and sloping back- 

 wards ; withers fine, and standing high ; loins short and 

 straight ; flanks and ribs round and full, without producing 

 in him too large a belly ; his haunches are strong and 

 elastic ; the croup is sometimes long to a fault ; the tail is 

 placed high ; thighs well turned and rounded ; legs clean 

 and beautifully formed, with the hair thin, short, and silky; 

 the tendons are detached from the bone, but the pasterns 

 are frequently too long, and bending ; the feet are rather 

 small, but sound for the most part. 



THE EGYPTIAN HORSE. 



These horses are not at all to be compared with those of 

 Persia and Arabia. They have neither the fire nor shape 

 of these breeds, and are said to be thick in the breathinsr. 

 These bad qualities, in all probability, arise from the humid 

 atmosphere, and the low alluvial flats on which they are 

 pastured. 



THE NUBIAN AND DONGOLA HORSES. 



Bruce says, " The Nubian horses are beautiful and sym- 

 metrical in their parts, of large size, great strength, and 

 most active, agile, nervous, and elastic in their movements ; 

 capable of great endurance of fatigue, docility of temper, and 

 seeming attachment to man, beyond any other domestic ani- 



