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fiue, but I never saw good legs in an Egyptian horse. 

 They are not able to bear great fatigue, but when well 

 fed their action occasionally is more brilliant than that 

 of the Arabian. Their impetuosity, however, renders 

 them peculiarly valuable for heavy cavalry, and it is 

 upon this quality alone that their celebrity has ever 

 been founded." 



The Dongola, or Arabian Horse. 



It is very doubtful what figure these horses would 

 make in point of swiftness, their form being so entirely 

 different from that of the Arabian ; but if beautiful and 

 symmetrical parts, great size and strength, the most 

 agile, nervous, and elastic movements, great endurance 

 of fatigue, docility of temper, and, beyond any other 

 domestic animal, seeming attachment to man, can 

 promise anything for a stallion, the JSTubian is above all 

 comparison, the most eligable in the world. Pew of 

 them are less than sixteen hands high. The Dongola 

 horses are the most perfect in the world, being beautiful 

 and symmetrical in their parts, nervous and elastic in 

 their movements, and docile and affectionate in theii- 

 manners. The Dongola horses are usually of a black 

 color, but their are some bright bays and sorrels. The 

 slender but finely set neck, the noble crest, the elevated 

 withers, the beautiful action and bearing of the animal, 

 are admirable ; but the long and slender legs, the weak- 

 ness of the fore-arm, the narrowness and want of depth 

 of the chest, and even deficiency of substance about the 

 flank and quarters, could not escape observation ; such 

 an animal might have speed, but his endurance must be 

 doubtful, and it is difficult to suppose that any breed of 

 English horses could be materially improved by it. 



The Horse of -Ethiopia and Abyssinia. 



The number of horses in ^Ethiopia must have con- 

 siderably decreased, for Cyrtacus, a former King of that 

 country, entered Egypt at the head of 100,000 cavalry. 



