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erns exceedingly strong. None but they approve them ; they are 
also my antipathy. 
“ The horse with flat hoofs will become useless in the hot wea¬ 
ther, and among hills he is called ‘ Chupatee soom * 
‘‘ If a horse’s hoofs have a curve inwardly, he will assuredly 
stumble much; he is called ‘ Khur soomu.' 
That horse whose rump is small, 'will never be fat: the dealer 
won’t buy him: he is called ^ Tuhr gon' 
If the hocks are close to each other, it is termed ' KujuV La¬ 
ment not—he will move certainly with speed, and with strength 
too: he is of use to a soldier, but dealers won’t buy him.” 
Section the fourth treats of the good and bad properties of horses. 
It is a little fanciful and erroneous, and yet a portion of it is not 
far wide of the truth. 
Every body calls that which can be covered by the thumb a 
*Sitaru’ (star): take him not; most unpropitious is that. 
‘‘ If (the spot) be bigger than a ‘ sitaru* it is called Tuhl, and is 
of no harm. 
” That horse who has one eye white will cause his master to 
weep; he is called ‘ Taqee he will beggar him. Kick the seller 
from 5 to 100 times : he is very bad omened. [This is a curious 
superstition, and yet there is generally something wrong about the 
horse with one wall eye.] 
If both eyes are of this unusual colour, although the horse 
may be in reality good, he is not pleasant to look at. 
“ If in this whiteness there be a mole, the dulals call him ‘ Pu- 
dum all tribes esteem him good, but the Moghuls from Isan take 
him not, saying he is ‘ Khaidar' 
If a horse has one hind leg white, esteem him not good; this 
is not limited either to the right or left: he is bad, hope nothing 
from him. The prophet has said he is bad :—what dispute can there 
be about it I 
“ If there should be an}^ discourse of the colour of horses, then 
say the ‘koomef (bay) is the best of all; then (white) ‘khing then 
^ sumund' (dun with blacklegs); then ^ mooshkee' and ‘quia' (black) ; 
descending is the ‘gurra' (sorrel), and ^ suhza' (grey); the (chestnut) 
‘ soorung' is not quite so good as the above: next to him comes 
the ‘ shurghu (golden chestnut); worst of all is the ‘punchkidiyau 
(piebald), and ‘ chaV (roan): there are none after these of any value. 
Section 5 treats of what are called the “ five acknowledged 
defects.” 
That horse is called ^ Kohnu lung' who goes a little or not 
at all lame at first; but when he has travelled a stage he 
plainly shews it. To discover the cause of that lameness is often 
difficult. 
** Should you suspect a horse to have ‘ Kumuree' (weakness of 
