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tionally hardy, enduring and useful animals, and this breed is 

 officially preserved by the reigning sultan 1 . 



The Barb ranges from 14 to 15 hands high, but is said to be 

 a little smaller than the Arab, with flat shoulders, round chest, 

 joints inclined to be long, and the head particularly beautiful. 



In the sandy plains south of the Atlas (the ancient home of 



FIG. 73. Dongola Horse. 



the Pharusians and Nigretes), the Mograbins of the West rear 

 horses, which are brown or grey, known as Shrubat-ur-Reech, 

 " Drinkers of the Wind ; they are rather low, shaped like 

 greyhounds, and destitute of flesh 2 ." 



The horses found in the region of Dongola are bay, black, 

 and white, but not grey, and never dappled. The blacks are 



' J Hayes, Points of the Horse, pp. 627-8. 

 - Hamilton Smith, p. 227. 



