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of stallions from England must eventually fail; for if the animal 
resulting from the cross is of greater bulk than the soil, climate, 
and productions, will support and tolerate, then must it be at a 
sacrifice of its energy and constitution. India must not look to 
England for permanent improvement in her race of horses: the 
respective nature of the two breeds is too widely separated to 
unite and form a race calculated to excel and endure on her arid 
plains. If she wishes to increase the stature of her horses, she 
must provide for that enlargement by augmenting in the same ratio 
the quantum of food supplied. Arabians or Persians, of the purest 
breeds, are far more likely to be the means of lasting improvement, 
from the similarity of ‘ habitus,’ and close approximation in form 
and size.” Pp. 43, 44. 
" More valuable horses for general uses, and more good racers 
for turf purposes, have been thrown by mares advanced in life 
than by those of immature age.” P. 46. 
“ The Arabs never allow the foal to remain with the mother 
more than thirty days after its birth; it is then weaned, and for 
the space of a hundred days more is not permitted to have any 
other food than camel’s milk ; even water is not allowed : a little 
wheat soaked in water is then given, but camel’s milk still con- 
tinues to form the colt’s principal food. Such is the diet for 
another hundred days, but during the latter part of this period he 
is permitted to feed occasionally upon scanty grass near the tent, 
and to drink water. This second space of a hundred days having 
fully elapsed, barley is given, and the quantity of milk increased. 
The Nedjd Arabs substitute for corn a paste composed of dates 
and water*.” P. 53. 
“ The Egyptian horse possesses, as might be expected, a great 
infusion of Arab blood. To this it owes all its good qualities; for 
the fellahs, by whom the principal part of the horses of this country 
are bred, are highly negligent, and quite innocent of any attempt at 
improvement. This probably arises from their own depressed and 
enslaved condition, and the insecurity of their property. Few of 
the Egyptian horses stand above fourteen hands, and the majority 
of them are considerably under that height. They have neither 
the beauty of head wdiich is found in the Nedjd Arab or in the 
English thorough-bred horse; for, although the forehead is as broad, 
yet the nose is much more elongated, and detracts materially from 
their beauty. The neck is short and thick; the barrel circular 
and well ribbed. The croup too often falls away from the hori- 
zontal, but the haunches are rotund and muscular. Their fore-legs 
are placed considerably under the body, and they would be re- 
garded in England as * standing over.’ This is a formation very 
* Burckhardt’s Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys. 
