OF THE SCHOOL OF ABOU-ZABEL. 
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and rejected by the mass of the Egyptians, is now regarded by 
them with surprise and admiration. The Arabs in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of the hospital come of their own accord to claim for 
their animals the succour of art; and resistance is everywhere 
weakened, although it was once gieat. . 1 
“We received into the hospital the regimental sick horses which 
the Turkish farriers had treated for a longer or shorter time. 
These poor animals, in order to arrive at the hospital, traveller 
six leagues through the sand, exposed to the burning heat of the 
sun. Having been previously ill-treated by these empii .cs, many 
of them died on the way : the others, cruelly driven on with ‘he 
whip, perished soon after they had reached their place of desti¬ 
nation, or were in a state which left but little hope of effecting 
cure. I solicited the attention of the council of war to this 
point The council delayed to concern itself about it, and oui 
enemies derived from this calamity the means to annoy and 
injure us. Inspectors were then appointed, who soon discovered the 
nil-practice of the farriers. To remedy this, orders were given to the 
different commanding officers not to detain the sick horses moie 
than twenty-four hours in the stables of the camp. I petitioned 
for, and obtained authority to inspect the different regiments , 
and to take away the wounded, the infirm, and t le sic °^ e ®' 
This measure produced much good effect; and the state in which 
the horses were received into the hospital was less unfavourab e. 
Nevertheless, in spite of repeated orders, and the vigilance of 
the minister of war, it was not possible totally to P revent 
farriers from treating the sick and operating on the wounded 
horses according to their accustomed method. vtLortr, Wn 
“The remounts were badly managed. They had hither o beei 
entrusted to a Turk who knew nothing of horses, and to a 
farrier, who was sure to be bastinadoed if he found fault with a 
horse which the inspector deemed proper for the serv'ce chrected 
the attention of the government to this point. Many 
proper for the artillery had been sent to the light cavaliy, and 
^ vend. Colts of two years old as well as horses of six een 
and twenty had been received ; and many times, when inspecting 
the cavalry of his highness, I had seen arrive for tne service of 
the regiments horses labouring under glanders and farcy, and 
‘ “Abuses of this kind entailed on the service extraordinary ex- 
pences-the horses compromised the safety of their riders, and 
sometimes of the whole corps, and they frequently occasioned 
immense disorder. The management of the remount we affiimed 
was a difficult matter—it ought to be committed to yetermary sur¬ 
geons, and inspected in an especial manner by the minister hin s . 
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