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TREA'lMRNT OF 'lBB BORSE. 11\Sophie silence..,Among their horses every colaut IS seen here, save blaèk.Here are indeed amongstthemhorses which any one· would take atfirst view to he of that colour, bût on close inspection white hairs arc:always found scattered through the coat. 'fhey never dock their harses,:but, until they ai'c three years old, shave their tails; for what l'eason,unless to disfigltl'e them, cannat he easily ascertained: indeed the·Moors are not very communicative of their 'l'ationalia upon any point(Jf practice.Thesehorses very frequently reach the height of sixteen hands.Thebàssa of Tangier hâd twelve horses of superlative beauty, aIl bred by·himself, not one of which was under the height of fifteen hands andahaÎf.}Bùtnorsesare generally bredby the Arabs, from whom theMoots buy them. Those bred by the Arabs are the gentlest andIJesttemperedof animals,being ina manner domesticated from the timetheyare foaled.Having practice but in two paces, a walk and agallop, they are not so much on their haunches as could be expected ;but they are, notwithstanding, very sure-footed, galloping safely overthe most rugged ground.Mares drop their foals in January, whenhere is the greatest plenty of grass: so Nature harmonizes aIl.Bath Arabs and :Moors are very particular about the sires. A horseofthe fi1'st races, that is ta say, descended of some famous horse of oId,will sell for double the amount of one equally good, but whose ancestryis unenrolled in the records of FaIne. Whenbought in the inferiorof the country, they are ta be had cheap; but when broughtdownto the coast, where alone a European can procure one, a horseis seldom ta be had for less than t\VO hundred dollars; so that theyare as dear as in Europe, not computing the relative proportions ofeurrent medium. It is difficult to ex port them, although they are sometimessmuggledout: but it is contrary to the Sultan's win, and thec 2