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present reign. The late Emperor greatly promoted their introduction into France, 

 and the German Princes continue to breed from them ; but of late years a decided 

 preference has been manifested upon the continent, in favour of the English 

 thorough-bred horse. It is related, on the authority of a certain Prussian Count, 

 that a German Prince having, with the utmost care and expence, raised a most 

 valuable breed of horses from a son of that well-known English Racer, MORWICK 

 BALL, it was one of the first imperial acts of Napoleon, to honour the proprietor 

 with a military order to have the whole of them marched to France, for his im- 

 perial majesty's use, which was promptly executed. On the same authority it is 

 stated, that about thirty years since, an Arabian Jiorse was obtained in Germany, 

 probably by the way of Turkey and Hungary, which proved superior, for the 

 beauty, strength, and worth of the stock he produced, to any which had been 

 before known in that country. The name of this famous stallion was TURKMAI- 

 NATTI, a name in equal estimation in Germany, with that of the Godolphin Arabian 

 in England. The valuable stock of this horse has spread over the country ; and 

 young TURKMAINATTI at present ably supports the honours of his family. 



The Arabians of the desart have always been breeders of horses for sale, but can 

 scarcely be induced to part with their mares at any price. They have three breeds, 

 or varieties, the inferior of which are those brought to market at a low price, and 

 which have been most extensively distributed in foreign countries. There is no 

 reason to suspect any specific difference in these breeds, the whole consisting pro- 

 bably in accidental superiority or inferiority of form, of which the Arabians, from 

 the skill and practice of so many ages, derived from father to son, may be pre- 

 sumed consummate judges. No people on earth can come in competition with 

 them, for their solicitude and care in respect to the pedigrees of their horses, which 

 essentially exceed even that, in the same case, bestowed upon monarchs and royal 

 families. The performance of the marriage ceremony of consummation between an 

 Arabian horse and mare of the superior or noble blood, must be first of all publicly 

 announced, that the necessary witnesses, men of the first rank in the country, may 

 be present to attest the act. The same ceremony is repeated at the birth of the 

 foal ; and there are numbers of undoubtedly authentic pedigrees, upwards of five 

 hundred years old. That of the Darley Arabian was said to be one of the most 

 ancient. 



Horses are the chief stock and property of the Bedouin^ or wandering Arab 

 tribes, wh6 use them in their plundering expeditions, and in the chase, in which 

 most extraording relations have been made of the vast speed and continuance of 

 these horses, and of the little sustenance which they have required during the 

 performance. As oats with us, barley is the horse-corn of the Arabians, with a 

 little annual soiling of spring grass. No where on earth is the horse treated with 

 so great consideration, or, as it might be expressed, fellow-feeling, as in Arabia ; 

 and as a consequence, no horse equals the Arabian in kindness and affection to 



