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which the eyes are divided. The brow is equally characterized by its 

 length as by its breadth, and constitutes no mean portion of the entire 

 head. In the lowly-bred face, the region of the brain is comparatively 

 small, its width presenting no obvious contrast to the other features. 

 The nostrils are not only compressed, but their margins are thick ; while 

 the upper lip is adorned by a pair of abundant mustaches. Some animals 

 the author has beheld with embellishments of this order which would not 

 have disgraced the most hirsute of guardsmen. 



The head of a well-bred horse has been frequently described as form- 

 ing a straight line in its forward margin, when it is contemplated from 

 the side. Such an assertion is generally true ; but it must not be re- 

 ceived as absolutely correct. Horses have been imported from Arabia 

 with the craniums and the frontal sinuses considerably enlarged. Such 

 a peculiarity is not esteemed a defect by the natives of the East. This 

 fact is established by animals, thus characterized, having been sent to 

 this country as presents for personages of exalted rank. Such develop- 

 ments may not strictly accord with English notions of equine beauty; 

 but the size of the case, in some measure, denotes the magnitude of that 

 which it contains. A large brain can be no detriment to any animal 

 which is partly prized for its intelligence. 



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BULQUrO FROKTAL SINUSES. 



A CART HORSE, WITH THE KOMAN NOSH. 



Another peculiarity exhibited by a few English thorough-breds, is the 

 Roman nose, or a prominence of the nasal bones. The trait is, however, 

 less common in the pure Arabian blood than is the previous develop- 

 ment. There is a breed of blood horses which exhibit a prominence 

 of the nasal bones, or, in other words, present what is designated as 

 the "Roman nose." This particular shape, however, is with the coarser 



