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APPENDIX.
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were, as is often the case, underground, and upon entering
them, my attention was particularly directed to a grey mare in
foal by a white horse, then in the possession of Abbas Pacha ;
both the mare and the horse were of the purest breed from
Mecca, and were esteemed of great value, and the best, which
the Shereef possessed. The mare shewed much blood, had a
very handsome head, and good length, but was slight. The
horse, which I afterwards saw at the stables of Abbas Pacha, was
about fourteen hands three inches high, had good substance, and
also shape, but not that of a race-horse ; I could not judge of his
action, as he was led out in heel-ropes, and with a heavy
bit fastened into his mouth by a cord. There was also in the
Shereef s stable a bay yearling, got by the white horse out of the
grey mare, which I subsequently brought to England on account
of his blood. 1 procured this colt with great difficulty, most
probably because the Shereef perceived that I wished to have
him. He said that he belonged to his son, and offered me any
other of his horses, but I was determined to have the colt, because
1 had previously heard that his sire was the highest-bred horse in
the stud, and because his dam had the appearance, and also the
reputation, of being of the purest breed ; and because a yearling
was more easily conveyed by water than a larger horse. I em-
ployed on the occasion a Frenchman named M. Riga, and I was
so fortunate as to obtain likewise the assistance of Mr. Bretel,
who was an English engineer in the Pacha's service, and had
had the superintendance of the mines of Mount Lebanon. As the
horse is stated in the pedigree to have been given to me, I sub-
join the following extracts, which will shew the way, in which
affairs are transacted in the East, and will prove that it was
expressly stipulated by the Shereef that I was to send to him,
in exchange for his horse, a golden watch, and an English
carnage with harness for four horses. The letters I received at
Alexandria, at Malta, and on my return to England, and the
watch and carriage were sent out immediately afterwards.
Extract from Mr. Bretel, dated Cairo, August 9, 1837.
" It affords me much pleasure to be able to announce to you
that the Shereef of Mecca has this morning presented for your
acceptance the horse, which you admired; he requests that you
will send him, as an acknowledgment, a small watch, not larger
than the circle below, also an English carriage, a description of
which he has not, however, given. Mr. Hill has sent thirty
dollars as presents to the servants of the Shereef, he has also sent
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were, as is often the case, underground, and upon entering
them, my attention was particularly directed to a grey mare in
foal by a white horse, then in the possession of Abbas Pacha ;
both the mare and the horse were of the purest breed from
Mecca, and were esteemed of great value, and the best, which
the Shereef possessed. The mare shewed much blood, had a
very handsome head, and good length, but was slight. The
horse, which I afterwards saw at the stables of Abbas Pacha, was
about fourteen hands three inches high, had good substance, and
also shape, but not that of a race-horse ; I could not judge of his
action, as he was led out in heel-ropes, and with a heavy
bit fastened into his mouth by a cord. There was also in the
Shereef s stable a bay yearling, got by the white horse out of the
grey mare, which I subsequently brought to England on account
of his blood. 1 procured this colt with great difficulty, most
probably because the Shereef perceived that I wished to have
him. He said that he belonged to his son, and offered me any
other of his horses, but I was determined to have the colt, because
1 had previously heard that his sire was the highest-bred horse in
the stud, and because his dam had the appearance, and also the
reputation, of being of the purest breed ; and because a yearling
was more easily conveyed by water than a larger horse. I em-
ployed on the occasion a Frenchman named M. Riga, and I was
so fortunate as to obtain likewise the assistance of Mr. Bretel,
who was an English engineer in the Pacha's service, and had
had the superintendance of the mines of Mount Lebanon. As the
horse is stated in the pedigree to have been given to me, I sub-
join the following extracts, which will shew the way, in which
affairs are transacted in the East, and will prove that it was
expressly stipulated by the Shereef that I was to send to him,
in exchange for his horse, a golden watch, and an English
carnage with harness for four horses. The letters I received at
Alexandria, at Malta, and on my return to England, and the
watch and carriage were sent out immediately afterwards.
Extract from Mr. Bretel, dated Cairo, August 9, 1837.
" It affords me much pleasure to be able to announce to you
that the Shereef of Mecca has this morning presented for your
acceptance the horse, which you admired; he requests that you
will send him, as an acknowledgment, a small watch, not larger
than the circle below, also an English carriage, a description of
which he has not, however, given. Mr. Hill has sent thirty
dollars as presents to the servants of the Shereef, he has also sent