306 APPENDIX. I. 



\ve may collect, that this nation is not less at- 

 tached to these animals than the Arabs. 



JEgypt has two breeds of horses, one its own, 

 the other Arabian ; the last are most esteemed, 

 and are bought up at a great price, in order to 

 be sent to Constantinople ; but such is the dis- 

 couragement, arising from the tyranny of the 

 government, that the owners often wilfully lame 

 a promising horse,* lest the Beys should like it 

 and force it from them. 



Barbary owes its fine horses to the same 

 stock, but in general they are far inferior in 

 point of value ; and for the same reason as is 

 given in the last article, the great insecurity of 

 property under the Turkish government. The 

 breed was once very famous : M. D' A7^'meiix-\ 

 says, that when he was there in 1668, he met 

 with a mare that he thought worthy of the stud 

 of his grand Monarque, when in the height of 

 his glory ; but Doctor Shaw informs us, that at 

 present the case is entirely altered.:}: 



Notwithstanding Spain has been celebrated 



of old for the swiftness of its horses, yet it must 



have received great improvement from those 



• brought over by their conquerors, the Saracens. 



* Univ. modern hist, quoted from Maillet and Pocock. 

 '. ^ D'Arvieux, 173. 

 X Shaw's Travels, 238. 



