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the Atteclii, ov inferioi' breed, on wliieli the natives set little value, and 

 which are ibuud wild on some parts of the deserts ; the Kddischi, literally 

 horses of an unknoMTi race, answering to our half-bred horses — a mixed 

 breed ; and the Kochlani, horses whose genealogy, according to the modern 

 exaggerated accounts, has been cultivated during two thousand years. 

 Man}- "WTitten and attested pedigrees extend, with true Eastern exaggera- 

 tion, to the stud of Solomon. The Kochlani are principally reared by the 

 Bedouin Arabs in the remote deserts. A stallion may be procured without 

 much difficulty, although at a great price. The Arabs imagine that the 

 female is more concerned than the male in the excellence and value of 

 the produce, and the genealogies of their horses are always traced through 

 the dam. 



The Arab horse would not be acknowledged by every judge to possess a 

 perfect form. The head, however (like that which is delineated in the 

 title-page), is inimitable. The broadness and squareness of the forehead; 

 the smallness of the ears ; the prominence and brilliancy of the eye ; the 

 shortness and fineness of the muzzle ; the width of the nostril ; the thin- 

 ness of the lower jaw, and the beautifully developed course of the veins, 

 —will always characterise the head of the Arabian horse. The cut in 

 the title-page is the portrait of the head of a black Arabian presented to 

 William IV. by the Imaum of Muscat. It is a close and honest likeness. 

 The muzzle, the nostrils, and the eye, are inimitable. In the sale of the 

 Hampton Court stud, h\ 1837, this animal realised 580 guineas ; it was 

 bought for the King of Wiirtemberg, and was highly prized in Germanj^ 



The body of the Arab may, perhaps, be considered as too light, and his 

 chest too narrow ; but behind the arms the barrel generally swells out, 



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and leaves sufficient room for the play of the lungs. This is well exhi- 

 bited in the cut of the grey Arabian mare, whose portrait is here given. 



