450 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



ever, take place accidentally, the colt is considered of the 

 race of the father. It is frequent enough, however, to have 

 the Kadischi Mares covered by Kochlani Stallions, and in 

 this case the colt is considered as of the race of the mother. 

 All this proves what a high idea the Arabs entertain of the 

 Kochlani race, and how utterly they exclude from it mix- 

 tures of all kinds. 



Sometimes it is possible to procure horses of this race 

 very cheap. This proceeds from the extreme superstition 

 of the Arabs ; they regard certain marks upon their horses 

 as signs of good or evil fortune, and will often sell for a 

 trifle a most excellent horse who happens to have a mark of 

 the latter kind, while a very defective one will be kept if 

 he exhibit a lucky mark. 



The wandering Arab of the desert places his highest 

 felicity in the possession of good horses, and is much 

 more attached to them than the inhabitant of towns. They 

 are his companions rather than his servants, and it is with 

 great difficulty and regret that he can be induced to part 

 with any of them. 



The intermixture of the Arabian improves every other 

 race, even those which are considerably larger, and alto- 

 gether of a different make and constitution. The manner 

 in which this improvement takes place is worth the attention 

 of a philosopher. It is not always clearly observable in the 

 first generation. An Arab Stallion, for instance, coupling 

 with a mare of any of our common race, will not give birth 

 to a handsome colt ; but this colt, who generally possesses 

 the good qualities of the sire, will, as if he had within him 

 undeveloped the full germ of the better race, originate in his 

 turn an offspring handsomer than himself, and possessing 

 in the same degree all his moral and physical good qualities. 

 Tartar Horses. Under the name of Tartars (though not 

 strictly correct) we may comprehend all the wandering 

 tribes who inhabit the immense plains of Central Asia. 



