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fruits, and corn, as well as the appearance of the country gene- 
rally — dry, sandy, and burnt-up — are more like what one sees 
in parts of India. In temperate climes, with good keep, the 
Arab in time grows into what we see in our own stock ; but 
the English horse never, in hot countries, holds his own with 
the Arab — he declines, degenerates, and disappears. 
Foals bred at Babolna are branded thus on the 
near quarter, but the pure-bred foals — that is, by imported sire 
and dam — have the brand on the near side under the saddle, 
with an addition, thus 
I inspected the young stock, as follows : — 
Two-year-old colts 28 
fillies 39 
Yearling colts 36 
„ fillies 22 
Total 125 
Foals of the year — colts 40 
„ fillies 38 
Total 78 
115 mares produced 97 foals. 
I saw a number of four-year-old fillies that were about to be 
sold at the customary annual auction. They were very neat, 
round, compact animals, about 14'2 to 15 hands ; but there was 
no action or style about them, and they seemed better adapted 
for harness than the saddle. 
The pasturage is better about here than it is at Mezohegyes ; 
the ground lies low and the water lodges. 
As regards soundness, the home-stallions were far from perfect. 
I noticed one quite a cripple on his fore-feet, and another very 
badly spavined. 
FOGAEAS. 
The stud of Fogaras is situated at the foot of the Carpathians 
of Transylvania, south-east of Hungary. I had not an oppor- 
tunity of visiting this stud. As it is principally for breeding- 
stallions, to improve the breed of mountain ponies of the district, 
and a long distance off, I did not think it of sufficient im- 
portance for the purport of my visit to go specially to inspect it. 
The stud was established as recently as 1874, as I was 
informed, and composed of stock drafted from the Austrian 
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