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round hoof, just the requisite for hard ground ; the tail set 

 on or rather thrown out at a perfect arch; coat smooth, 

 shining, and light ; the mane long, but not over-grown nor 

 heavy; and an air and step that seemed to say, 'Look at 



An Arab Horse. 



me, am I not pretty ?' — their appearance justified all 

 reputation, all value, all poetry. The prevailing colour 

 was chestnut or gray, a light bay, an iron colour ; white or 

 black were less common ; full bay, flea-bitten, or pie-bald, 

 none. But if asked what are, after all, the specially dis- 

 tinctive points of the Nejdee horse, I should reply— the 



