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the leaner for it. The rider himself feels much 

 more at his ease, than he does when riding a heavy, 

 clumsy horse, that moves along like a camel, and 

 is remarkable only on account of his unwieldliness, 

 and is, as a Kentuckian would say, "waste tim- 

 ber ! " Besides, the Andalusian or Arabian breed 

 are the most elegant easy-going horses in the world. 

 They have no resemblance to those Spanish horses 

 which are brought' to this country. 



Now, as I have mentioned some of their quali- 

 ties, I will inform the amateur where he can best 

 procure them. In going by land to the Mexican 

 states, the first horses of this kind to be met with, 

 are raised upon the Hacienda del Xaral, (pro- 

 nounced Haral, and often written with a J, Jaral,) 

 . two hundred and sixty miles this side of the city 

 of San Louis Potosi, in the state of the same name. 

 Still further on, in the states of Guanajuato and 

 Quenetaro, the same race of horses is to be found, 

 and likewise in other places: but, those I here 

 mention, would be by far the most convenient places 

 to procure them, as they are not so far distant as 

 others from Tampico, should one wish to bring 

 them by sea to New Orleans, nor so far from this 

 state, should one prefer bringing them by land. 

 All of these fine horses, I here mention, are raised 

 upon the table-lands, where excessive heat is never 

 felt : and yet, if you take them down to the hot 



