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APPENDIX.
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a gentleman, who travelled with me, bought for 17/., a very
active mare, said to be Annecy ; but she was coarse, and evi-
dently not thorough-bred. It should be remembered that, al-
though the climate has great influence, there are nearly as many
low-bred horses in the East as in Europe.
In my way to Sidon I saw the Emir's stud at Djoun. There
were two stallions, a grey of good size, and substance, but heavy
and calf-kneed, said to be Seglowee, and a chestnut with white
legs, of much power, but apparently ill-bred ; both these horses
appeared much neglected ; they had swelled legs, and were rough
for want of exercise. There were four mares with foals (two
Annecy, two Seglowee), picketed in clover ; they were in very
bad order, and their foals were weak and sickly. The mares
themselves shewed much blood, but were completely ill from
neglect, and from want of food, and of care. There were likewise,
seven barren mares. Five of them white ; one, which was a fine
specimen of the mountain breed ; and another from Akkar, which
was remarkably large and handsome ; the latter was marked
across her arms, and thighs with a firing-iron ; the two others
were a fine bay three-year-old filly, bought of the Annecy Arabs,
and a starved yearling. Djoun is sheltered by surrounding
hills, and there is abundance of water and tolerable pasture, the
wretched state of these horses must be therefore owing to i<nio-
ranee, and to neglect. The Emir had informed me, when I was at
Ebtedin, that he had very few horses, and wished to increase
his stud, by which I concluded that he was afraid that the
government would take away those, which he had, if they were
seen.
The foals both in Egypt, and in Syria are frequently docked ;
and the points of their ears, and those also of the young asses, are
often sewed together. Their manes and tails are shorn till they
are four years old, when the tails are cut square, with a lock left
in the middle from the end of the dock, after which they are
allowed to grow down.
The breeds of Seglowee, Kohlani, and Annecy, are in much
esteem in Syria, particularly the former. The horses from Akkar
are Annecy. There is also a breed called Abeian, which is the
name of the Arab colt, that I bought at Cairo. Good horses
were chiefly to be found at Jaffa, Nablous, and Nazareth, and
also from the eastward of the Jordan ; but, when I was in Syria,
the Arabs were afraid to shew their horses, for fear of their bein<r
taken away by the government; otherwise, 1 have no doubt that
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a gentleman, who travelled with me, bought for 17/., a very
active mare, said to be Annecy ; but she was coarse, and evi-
dently not thorough-bred. It should be remembered that, al-
though the climate has great influence, there are nearly as many
low-bred horses in the East as in Europe.
In my way to Sidon I saw the Emir's stud at Djoun. There
were two stallions, a grey of good size, and substance, but heavy
and calf-kneed, said to be Seglowee, and a chestnut with white
legs, of much power, but apparently ill-bred ; both these horses
appeared much neglected ; they had swelled legs, and were rough
for want of exercise. There were four mares with foals (two
Annecy, two Seglowee), picketed in clover ; they were in very
bad order, and their foals were weak and sickly. The mares
themselves shewed much blood, but were completely ill from
neglect, and from want of food, and of care. There were likewise,
seven barren mares. Five of them white ; one, which was a fine
specimen of the mountain breed ; and another from Akkar, which
was remarkably large and handsome ; the latter was marked
across her arms, and thighs with a firing-iron ; the two others
were a fine bay three-year-old filly, bought of the Annecy Arabs,
and a starved yearling. Djoun is sheltered by surrounding
hills, and there is abundance of water and tolerable pasture, the
wretched state of these horses must be therefore owing to i<nio-
ranee, and to neglect. The Emir had informed me, when I was at
Ebtedin, that he had very few horses, and wished to increase
his stud, by which I concluded that he was afraid that the
government would take away those, which he had, if they were
seen.
The foals both in Egypt, and in Syria are frequently docked ;
and the points of their ears, and those also of the young asses, are
often sewed together. Their manes and tails are shorn till they
are four years old, when the tails are cut square, with a lock left
in the middle from the end of the dock, after which they are
allowed to grow down.
The breeds of Seglowee, Kohlani, and Annecy, are in much
esteem in Syria, particularly the former. The horses from Akkar
are Annecy. There is also a breed called Abeian, which is the
name of the Arab colt, that I bought at Cairo. Good horses
were chiefly to be found at Jaffa, Nablous, and Nazareth, and
also from the eastward of the Jordan ; but, when I was in Syria,
the Arabs were afraid to shew their horses, for fear of their bein<r
taken away by the government; otherwise, 1 have no doubt that
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