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tying unfolded turbans round their necks, for none of the
peasants possessed a halter.
The breeding of horses seems to be carried on to a great
extent here, there being herds of many hundreds in the val-
ley. The only kind of horse in this country is that of which
such spirited representations are to be seen in the ancient
marbles: there is much of the Arabian about the head ; the
chest is large in proportion to the fine bone of the legs, and
the ears are small, as in the antique. I have not seen the
hogged mane, which was so common in the early ages. Shoes
are not used, and I doubt whether the horses of the ancient
Greeks were shod at all; no trace of shoes is to be found on
any antique statue. The ox of this district, also, is precisely
the same as that in ancient statues, and there is no other
breed in the country: the cow is by no means common, the
milk of the sheep, goats, and buffalos being that generally
used#.
We started from Doover with four horses, whose feet had
never worn a shoe, nor their mouths felt the bit, and which
therefore required much tutoring. The foals trotted by our
side the whole distance to Macry, about twenty-two miles.
The pace of the horses taught by the Turks is a singular kind
of run, between an amble and a canter; it is at the rate of
six miles an hour, and so easy that you cannot rise in the
stirrup. Being unaccustomed to this motion, I took the
trouble to teach my horse the more natural pace of trotting,
which I preferred for long travelling. As we gradually
wound through the range of the Cragus, which bounds
Macry on the south, the country assumed the forest charac-
ter, and the view as we descended to the bay was very rich.
We did not reach Macry till ten o'clock at night; and
though the wind was cold, at intervals of perhaps five or ten
* The ancients also used the milk of sheep and goats only; the
use of cows and oxen was chiefly for the plough and other agricultural
work.
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LTCIA.
tying unfolded turbans round their necks, for none of the
peasants possessed a halter.
The breeding of horses seems to be carried on to a great
extent here, there being herds of many hundreds in the val-
ley. The only kind of horse in this country is that of which
such spirited representations are to be seen in the ancient
marbles: there is much of the Arabian about the head ; the
chest is large in proportion to the fine bone of the legs, and
the ears are small, as in the antique. I have not seen the
hogged mane, which was so common in the early ages. Shoes
are not used, and I doubt whether the horses of the ancient
Greeks were shod at all; no trace of shoes is to be found on
any antique statue. The ox of this district, also, is precisely
the same as that in ancient statues, and there is no other
breed in the country: the cow is by no means common, the
milk of the sheep, goats, and buffalos being that generally
used#.
We started from Doover with four horses, whose feet had
never worn a shoe, nor their mouths felt the bit, and which
therefore required much tutoring. The foals trotted by our
side the whole distance to Macry, about twenty-two miles.
The pace of the horses taught by the Turks is a singular kind
of run, between an amble and a canter; it is at the rate of
six miles an hour, and so easy that you cannot rise in the
stirrup. Being unaccustomed to this motion, I took the
trouble to teach my horse the more natural pace of trotting,
which I preferred for long travelling. As we gradually
wound through the range of the Cragus, which bounds
Macry on the south, the country assumed the forest charac-
ter, and the view as we descended to the bay was very rich.
We did not reach Macry till ten o'clock at night; and
though the wind was cold, at intervals of perhaps five or ten
* The ancients also used the milk of sheep and goats only; the
use of cows and oxen was chiefly for the plough and other agricultural
work.
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