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made her a prefent of a pair of emerald bracelets, valued at a 

 lack of rupees, or twelve thoufand five hundred pounds, and 

 beftowed in charity a thoufand Mohuns, at forty fliillings a 

 piece * . 



Being on the fubject of natural hifrory, I will here refame Quadrupeds. 

 the zoology of Indiay beginning with the generous animal the 

 horfe. The great men of Hindoojlan fupply their ftables from Horses. 

 Perjia or Arabia at a prodigious price. The peninfula has its 

 native horfes; they can boaft of neither Hze or beauty, but 

 they are adequate to the purpofes of the country : Let me fay, 

 that oxen or buffaloes are the general beafts of draft, and often 

 are broke for the faddle. 



The countries about Cabul fend great numbers of horfesy 

 of Tartarian breeds, to the great annual fairs of that city. They 

 are bought up by the merchants, and difperfed over the north- 

 ern parts of India, 



Joorkeys and Tagees are horfes about fourteen or fifteen hands 

 high, are fit either for draft or faddle, and fuppcfed to be fo- 

 reign horfes naturalized. 



The Tattoo horfes are of the poney kind, about ten hands 

 high, llender and elegant, yet ftrong, and much ufed to carry 

 men and baggage. It was one of this fort I faw at Keiv feveral; 

 years ago, not thirty inches high, moft elegantly made ; a cu- 

 riofity fent over as a prefent to the royal family. 



The Mahratta horfes, ufed by thofe people to mount their 

 formidable cavalry, are very fcrubby but adtive, and by the ce- 



* Same p. 42. 



lerity 



