226 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



The horses of Circassia are many of them very 

 excellent, especially such as belong to persons of dis- 

 tinction. These are marked on the buttock with a hot 

 iron, and it is accounted a capital offence to mark 

 in the same manner one of the common horses of the 

 country. They are valuable not only for swiftness 

 and strength, but they are exceedingly beautiful, the 

 finest being known under the name of Shalokh, and 

 are the property of the prince. 



THE EAST INDIAN HORSES 



Are originally from Persia and Arabia. A breed be- 

 tween the Toorkaman and Persian is much esteemee 

 for beauty, speed, and spirit. There are many others 

 of inferior note. Many horses in the East India Com- 

 pany's studs in the different presidencies, are remark- 

 ably fine and strong animals ; their chief faults are 

 fulness of the hocks and a deficiency of bone below the 

 knee. Many horses have been recently imported from 

 Australia and the Cape, which are very strong and 

 superior. 



THE CHINESE HORSES 



Are inferior to all other breeds in the east, being void 

 of strength or beauty, and no traveller or resident has 

 ever been known to speak favourably of them in any 

 one instance. 



