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BREEDING ARMY HORSES. 



have breed. It is the possession of this 

 subtle quality which explains the wonderful 

 efficiency of the Indian cavalry,* whose 

 little horses, mere ponies as we should con- 

 sider them, carry men quite as long, and 



NEJIBA. 

 Property of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Esq. 



probably often as heavy as our own, with 

 such wondrous ease and endurance. Size in 



* The native trooper, too, is an admirable horse-master. 

 It is the opinion of many experienced officers, that, could 

 Indian cavalry have been used in Africa, the war would 

 not have lasted half as long as it did. 



