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from the other.' The truth and faithfuhiess of this can- 

 not fail to be recognised by any who know the Ara- 

 bian horse. 



I give an account of an Arabian sent as a present to 

 the late Emperor of the French from Abd-el-Kader, after 

 his residence had been fixed at Damascus : it was written, 

 no doubt, by one more conversant with European horses 

 than Arabians. ' The horse Emir is eight years old, colour 

 brown, with a very silky skin, three white fetlocks ; some 

 white, but not too much, about his face. He has some 

 white spots about the size of a small pea on his neck 

 and shoulders. He stands fourteen hands one inch 

 high, has a good, long, lean head, well set-on ; ears 

 slender, his eye mild and intelligent, his mane and tail 

 light and the hair fine; a handsome straight, strong neck- 

 longer than one generally sees with other Arabs ; his 

 shoulders are long and well laid-in, each of those points 

 showing much quality. He has great legs and quarters, 

 ribs and back wide to a degree ; hoofs black, strong, 

 wide at the heels, and deep ; joints large ; knees and 

 hocks very good. He is all over a remarkably strong, 

 thick-made horse ; but to my taste too thick to be 

 speedy, and sinks a little too much upon his fetlocks, but 

 we cannot have perfection ; his action is more elastic 

 than might be expected from a horse of his build and 

 strength. He is as gentle as a sheep, without being 

 dull ; he looks like what we would call a craving but 

 very aristocratic animal.' ^ 



' This horse has been described as of the race Kohel-Obaion ; probably 

 his sire was Keheilan and his dam Abeyan, or vice versa. See account 

 of various families, Chap. III., Part 3. 



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