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CHAPTER V. 



SHOEING AMONG EASTERN NATIONS. BRAND-MARK OF CIRCASSIAN 

 HORSES. LYCIAN TRiaUETRA. THE HEGIRA. TARTAR HORSE-SHOES. 

 THE KORAN. INTRODUCTION OF SHOEING TO CONSTANTINOPLE. 

 ARAB TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS. ARAB SHOES, AND MANAGEMENT 

 OF THE HOOFS. SYRIAN, ALGERIAN, AND MOORISH SHOES. HORSES 

 ON A JOURNEY. INSTINCT OF ARAB HORSES. ARAB METHOD OF 

 SHOEING. COMPARISON BETWEEN FRENCH AND ARAB METHODS. 

 CENOMANUS. STRONG HOOFS. MUSCAT. PORTUGAL, SPAIN, AND 

 TRANSYLVANIA. CENTRAL ASIA. JOHN BELL AND TARTAR TOMBS. 

 MARCO POLO. COSSACKS. TARTAR SONGS. PEKING AND ITS 

 NEIGHBOURHOOD. CHINESE SHOEING. SHOEING BULLOCKS. 



NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS AND PARFLECHE. 



At what period Eastern nations first began to apply 

 an iron defence to their horses' feet, and attach it by nails, 

 it is impossible to fix with certainty. An anonymous 

 writer in the United Service Magazine for 1 849, quotes 

 the form of the most ancient Asiatic horse-shoe as being 

 exemplified in the brand-mark of a renowned breed 

 of Circassian or Abassian horses, known by the name of 

 Shalokh. ' The shape is perfectly circular, 

 and instead of being fastened on by means 

 of nails driven through the corneous por- 

 tion of the hoof, it is secured by three 



fig. 68 ^ 



clamps (fig. 68), that appear to have been 

 closed on the outside, or on the ascending surface. Of 



