26 HORSES OP ASIA AND AFRICA. 



badge of dignity, princes measuring their rank by the number 

 of tails they carry ; those of the highest rank being allowed 

 three. 



HOESES OF HINDOSTAN. 



In India, the horse, owing to the peculiar climate of the 

 country, is invariably found to degenerate, unless great atten- 

 tion be paid to breeding. The principal breeds are the Tazee, 

 the Takan, the Folaree, the Cutch, and the Dattywarr. 



Passing from the Asiatic horses to the African, it is to be 

 remarked that Egypt has long since lost its character as a 

 breeding country, its horses being justly deemed much inferior 

 to those of Persia, Barbary, or Arabia. 



THE BARB, AND OTHEKS. 



This variety — the principal of the African race — is taller 

 than the Arabian, and is remarkable for the height and fullness 

 of its shoulders, drooping of the haunches, and roundness of 

 the barrel. 



The Bornou race, in the central parts of Africa, is described 

 as possessing the qualities of the Arabian with the beauty of 

 the Barb ; as being fine in shoulder and of general elegance 

 of form. The Nubian horses are stated by travelers to be 

 even superior to the Arabian. Dongola has a noticeable 

 breed, of large size, their chief peculiarities being extreme 

 shortness of body, length of neck, height of crest, and a 

 beautiful forehand. 



