SYRIANS. 



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polo nowadays. The class of pony in ordinary use 

 has enormously improved, and I believe there are 

 quite twenty good English ponies at present for 

 every one that was playing in 1895. 



SYRIANS. 



All the Syrians now in England have been imported 

 from Egypt, to which country they are brought from 



Fig. 82. — Mr. T. B. Drybrough's Egyptian pony "Khalifa." 



Beyroot. As the exportation of horses, except to 

 Egypt, is prohibited by the Syrian authorities, and as 

 the Egyptian Government will not allow them to be 

 sent out of their country, the market for Syrians, as 

 well as for Egyptians, is closed to English importers, 

 unless in exceptional cases, worked by interest or 

 bribery. The only feasible way of getting horses or 

 ponies out of Syria is via Bagdad, which is far too 

 roundabout a route for practical purposes. 

 The term " Syrian " includes Desert-born Arabs which 



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