2 4 



Ibs. ; equipment, 53 Ibs. ; pressed hay for five 

 days, 55 Ibs. ; barley for same period, 44 Ibs. 

 The man's own provisions brought up the 

 total burden to about 350 Ibs. English = 25 

 stone ! Daily consumption of hay and grain 

 would reduce this colossal burden gradually ; 

 but the horse would never carry less than 

 1 6 stone 9 Ibs. at the end of his journey, 

 starting with the load described. 



As regards forced marches of compara- 

 tively short duration, Colonel Duringer states 

 that 



" A good horse in the desert ought to accomplish 

 for five or six days, one after the other, distances of 

 25 to 30 leagues. After a couple of days' rest, if 

 well fed he will be quite fresh enough to repeat the 

 feat. It is no very rare occurrence to hear of horses 

 doing 50 or 60 leagues in twenty-four hours." 



PONIES IN MOROCCO. 



Mr. T. E. Cornwell, who has had twenty 

 years' experience of travel and residence in 

 Morocco, gives the ponies in common use 

 in that country a high character as weight 

 carriers and for endurance on scanty food ; 

 they are also very sure-footed. These 

 horses he describes as Barbs, very hardy 

 with thick shoulders ; they average 14 

 hands 2 inches, rarely attaining a height of 

 15 hands. They generally receive a feed 



