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in his desert home. Addison gave him play at the 
halter, and he showed movements no horse in the 
world can equal but the pure-bred Arabian. He 
needed no quarter-boots, shin-boots, ankle-boots, scalp- 
ing-boots, or protections of any kind; and yet the 
same movements this Arabian went through would 
have blemished every leg and joint upon an American 
trotting horse, even though he had been able to at- 
tempt the impossible activity. 
“He was now brought to a stand-still that I might 
examine him; not cocked on one leg, pointed in an- 
other, or straddled, as our horses would be after such 
violent exercise, but bold and erect on all fours, as 
when first led out. 
“T began at his head. The ear was very small and 
fine, much as it was in old Henry Clay. The muzzle 
was small and fine, the mouth handsome and lips very 
thin, as were the nostrils. Between the eyes he was 
full and broad, while the eyes themselves were large, 
brilliant, and of the speaking kind. I lifted the lids, 
and they too were thin and delicate, not coarse and 
heavy, as in our big-mouthed, thick-lipped, long, 
heavy-eared American horse. The jowls were very 
deep, but wide between (the peculiarity so much con- 
demned in Henry Clay). The windpipe was large 
and free, running low into the breast. The neck was 
beautifully arched, giving the impression of a thin 
crest, which I expected to find from numerous writers’ 
reports. Imagine my surprise when, upon running 
my hand from between the ears down, I found a 
big, thick, hard crest,! as if a three or even four inch 
new cable rope were inside. This was exactly such a 
1 This is a characteristic of the Barb, but not of the Arab. 
