that though thoroughbred blood would im- 

 prove him in height and speed, these ad- 

 vantages would be obtained at the cost of 

 such indispensable qualities as endurance 

 and ability to thrive on poor and scanty 

 fare. 



It is however permissible to suppose that 

 a gradual infusion of good blood carefully 

 chosen might in course of time benefit the 

 Cape breed. The use only of horses which 

 have become acclimatised would perhaps 

 produce better results than have hitherto 

 been obtained. The progeny reared under 

 the ordinary conditions prevailing in the 

 Colony would perpetuate good qualities, re- 

 taining the hardiness of the native breed. 



PONIES IN THE SOUDAN. 



The late Colonel P. H. S. Barrow fur- 

 nished a most interesting and suggestive 

 Report to the War Office on the Arabs 

 which were used by his regiment, the igth 

 Hussars, during the Nile campaign of 1885. 

 This report is published among the Appen- 

 dices to Colonel John Biddulph's work, 

 Tke XlXth and their Times (1899). 



Experience, in the words of Colonel 

 Biddulph, had shown that English horses 



