HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 5 



country; they are easy and graceful in their mo- 

 tions, and rather inclined to leanness. It is worthv 

 of remark, that, instead of crossing the breed, the 

 Arabs take every precaution to keep it pure and 

 unmixed : they preserve, with the greatest care, 

 and for an amazing length of time, the genealo- 

 gies of their Horses : those of the first kind are 

 called Nobles, being "of a pure and ancient race, 

 purer than milk/' They have likewise two other 

 kinds, which, having been degraded by common 

 alliances, sell at inferior prices. 



From Arabia, the race of Horses has probably 

 extended into Barbary and other parts of Africa; 

 those being considered as next to the Arabian 

 Horses in swiftness and beauty, though they are 

 somewhat smaller. 



The Spanish (rcucttc is held in great estimation : 

 like the former, it is small, but beautiful, and ex- 

 tremely swift. 



The Horses of India and China are of a much 

 less size and more vicious than those of this 

 country, and many of them very small. One of 

 these was some years ago brought into this 

 country as a present to the Queen, measuring 

 only nine hands in height. 



