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we may collect, that this nation is not less’ at- 
tached to these animals than the Arabs. 
A‘ gypt 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. f 
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’ Arvieuxt 
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 Mazllet and Pocock. 
+ D Arvieux, 173. 
{ Shaw’s Travels, 238. 
