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APPENDIX.
accidentally interfered), the equipage was safely deposited through
a large gateway, into the remise.
The women of the harem seemed, however, to enjoy this
mode of conveyance, and often took long drives, and returned in
the evening hy torch-light. I once saw, in an exceedingly hot day,
four fat women veiled up in a coach, with a black slave sitting, as
a guard, on the floor between them. Abbas Pacha had also a
close carriag, eand a phaeton ; and one or two of the Franks had
gigs, and four-wheeled chairs ; there were also one or two
carriages at Alexandria.
The stud of Ibrahim Pacha was in much worse condition than
that at Shoubrah ; but several of the inares, of which there
were between two and three hundred, appeared to be superior,
shewed a great deal of blood, and, although rather slight,
had fine racing shape. They were tied up by heel-ropes in
large stables. Some of the foals and yearlings were handsome
and high-bred, but were starved and weak, for they were prin-
cipally fed upon chopped straw, and had not any exercise. The
stallions were also confined by heel-ropes. Most of them were
coarse, particularly a German horse ; but there were some good
Turkish stallions, a fine white horse from Shoubrah, and a
good shaped ambler, a pace which is much esteemed by the
Turks.
Ibrahim Pacha generally rode mules; and he had some very
good ones, and in tolerable order. There were also some re-
markably fine stallion asses from Syria, and from Arabia, by which
mules were bred from Arab mares.
The horses, taken at Acre, had three round spots burnt in
their hind-quarters (which was not an unusual mark); although
it did not appear to denote any particular breed.
I requested permission to examine the shed belonging to the
Shereef of Mecca, as the best horses came from that place; and
as, I concluded, that his would have been of the purest breed. 1
had, indeed, observed, during the time the Shereef was encamped
at Gizeh, that his attendants were well mounted, when they
practised with the jereed on the sandy plain below the Pyramids.
Amongst those, however, which were afterwards shewn to me
at Cairo, I did not recognise any that I had seen before.
They must, therefore, have belonged to some of the other
chieftains from Mecca, or to the stables at Shoubrah. The
Shereef's stud did not appear to be numerous. The stables
APPENDIX.
accidentally interfered), the equipage was safely deposited through
a large gateway, into the remise.
The women of the harem seemed, however, to enjoy this
mode of conveyance, and often took long drives, and returned in
the evening hy torch-light. I once saw, in an exceedingly hot day,
four fat women veiled up in a coach, with a black slave sitting, as
a guard, on the floor between them. Abbas Pacha had also a
close carriag, eand a phaeton ; and one or two of the Franks had
gigs, and four-wheeled chairs ; there were also one or two
carriages at Alexandria.
The stud of Ibrahim Pacha was in much worse condition than
that at Shoubrah ; but several of the inares, of which there
were between two and three hundred, appeared to be superior,
shewed a great deal of blood, and, although rather slight,
had fine racing shape. They were tied up by heel-ropes in
large stables. Some of the foals and yearlings were handsome
and high-bred, but were starved and weak, for they were prin-
cipally fed upon chopped straw, and had not any exercise. The
stallions were also confined by heel-ropes. Most of them were
coarse, particularly a German horse ; but there were some good
Turkish stallions, a fine white horse from Shoubrah, and a
good shaped ambler, a pace which is much esteemed by the
Turks.
Ibrahim Pacha generally rode mules; and he had some very
good ones, and in tolerable order. There were also some re-
markably fine stallion asses from Syria, and from Arabia, by which
mules were bred from Arab mares.
The horses, taken at Acre, had three round spots burnt in
their hind-quarters (which was not an unusual mark); although
it did not appear to denote any particular breed.
I requested permission to examine the shed belonging to the
Shereef of Mecca, as the best horses came from that place; and
as, I concluded, that his would have been of the purest breed. 1
had, indeed, observed, during the time the Shereef was encamped
at Gizeh, that his attendants were well mounted, when they
practised with the jereed on the sandy plain below the Pyramids.
Amongst those, however, which were afterwards shewn to me
at Cairo, I did not recognise any that I had seen before.
They must, therefore, have belonged to some of the other
chieftains from Mecca, or to the stables at Shoubrah. The
Shereef's stud did not appear to be numerous. The stables