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AND LOWER EGYPT. 297
by Niebuhr *, made on the coast of Coromandel,
where he spent several years. This officer found,
that those employed by the Europeans in their ca-
valrj', were more unmanageable in winter than in
summer.
However this may be, in the uniform climate of
Egypt, where the European custom is not adopted,
horses have the valuable advantage of uniting gen-
tleness and docility with the most beautiful figure.
I have seen them led without the least difficulty
into narrow and incommodious boats, where they
remained several hours without stirring, though in
a situation far from easy. Spirited as they are, they
are seldom restive under their rider ; they suffer
themselves to be mounted readily ; and when their
rider alights, it is commonly sufficient to leave
them standing against a wall, where they will pa-
tiently wait for him, without its being at all neces-
sary to tie them.
The Arabs, when they introduced themselves
into Egypt, brought with them their generous
steeds, which are too well known to require any
account of them here, Accordingly I shall confine
myself to a single remark, which will serve to re-
concile the different accounts given of these Ara-
* Description dc 1'Arabic, tome i. p. 72.
bian
by Niebuhr *, made on the coast of Coromandel,
where he spent several years. This officer found,
that those employed by the Europeans in their ca-
valrj', were more unmanageable in winter than in
summer.
However this may be, in the uniform climate of
Egypt, where the European custom is not adopted,
horses have the valuable advantage of uniting gen-
tleness and docility with the most beautiful figure.
I have seen them led without the least difficulty
into narrow and incommodious boats, where they
remained several hours without stirring, though in
a situation far from easy. Spirited as they are, they
are seldom restive under their rider ; they suffer
themselves to be mounted readily ; and when their
rider alights, it is commonly sufficient to leave
them standing against a wall, where they will pa-
tiently wait for him, without its being at all neces-
sary to tie them.
The Arabs, when they introduced themselves
into Egypt, brought with them their generous
steeds, which are too well known to require any
account of them here, Accordingly I shall confine
myself to a single remark, which will serve to re-
concile the different accounts given of these Ara-
* Description dc 1'Arabic, tome i. p. 72.
bian