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strain, and to it belonged a remarkable marc owned by Mo- 

 hammed JiiTO at Deyr. She stood about fourteen hands two 

 and a-lialf inches, was a bay with black points, caiiied her tail 

 very high, and was full of fire. She looked like a racehorse, 

 though not an English one. The two other substrains, Mshetib 

 and El Fun'd, are not so much esteemed as the Enzeklii, 



Besides these five grecat breeds, wliicli are called 

 the Khamsa, there are sixteen other breeds, all 

 more or less esteemed, and most of them with one 

 or more strains of blood, accomited equal to the 

 Khamsa. These are : — • 



1. MAXEGHi,/e??i. Maneghiek (the long necked). 



Said by some (but without sufficient authority) to be an off- 

 shoot of the Kehilan Ajuz. The characteristics of this breed 

 are marked. They are plain and without distinction, have 

 coarse heads, long ewe necks, powerful shoulders, much length 

 and strong but coarse hind quarters. They have also much 

 bone, and are held in high repute for the qualities of endurance 

 and staying power. Niebuhr's description of the Kochlanis 

 seems to have been written exjDressly for them. Of the two 

 substrains the most esteemed is the Mtineghi Hedi'uj, of which 

 the family of Ibn Sbeyel of the Gomussa possesses the finest 

 mares. These are generally known as Maneghi Ibn Sbeyel, but 

 there is no distinct strain of that name. The other substrain, 

 Manegld es Sldji (greyhound), is described as being " the 

 original " Maneghi breed. 



2. Saad AX, /<?;». Sdaclch. 



The substrain, Sdadan Tor/an, is in high repute. The hand- 

 somest and strongest mare we have is of this breed. She is a 

 chestnut fourteen hands two inches, of perfect beauty and im- 

 mense power, but she cannot gallop with the Kehilans. She 

 bears a strong resemblance to one of the portraits of Eclipse, 



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