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of rough straw in the morning and a ration 

 of barley, from 6 to 7 Ibs., at night ; they 

 are watered (when water can be obtained) 

 once a day. Grass can be had at some 

 seasons of the year, but the horses, being 

 tethered during halts, cannot graze, and as 

 the task of cutting grass would entail delay 

 it is never used. 



Mr. Corn well, a 14 stone man, has ridden 

 one of these ponies for thirty-two consecutive 

 days, with only one day's rest, covering an 

 average of thirty miles per day. 



General Maclean, who for a long period 

 was the " Kaid " or Commander-in-Chief of 

 the Sultan's forces in Morocco, once tried 

 the experiment of stabling his horses instead 

 of picketing out in the open, which is the 

 usual practice. The experiment did not 

 answer, for on his next expedition every 

 horse died ; shelter for a period had no 

 doubt rendered them susceptible to maladies 

 brought on by exposure at night. These 

 ponies could be purchased at a figure ranging 

 from $ to 11 per head. An export duty 

 of $ i os., which is levied on every horse 

 sent out of Morocco, must be added to these 

 rates by foreign purchasers. 



Mr. Cornwell states that an infusion of 

 English blood does nothing to improve these 



