. The horse and its relatives . Fk;. 2. Fig. I. The Darley Aralnan. Fig. 2. Persimmon, tht- famous Thoroughbred Stallion owned Kinsi Edward VII. THE ARAB STOCK 153 according to local tradition the Arab is a separatewild breed kept pure in the desert from the timeof his first capture and domestication; that hishabitat was Nejd and the high plateaux of Yemen,and that he owes his distinguishing qualities tothe fact that his original blood has never beenmixed with that of breeds of inferior type. Inphysical science there is as yet nothing positivelyascertained which would show this to be im
. The horse and its relatives . Fk;. 2. Fig. I. The Darley Aralnan. Fig. 2. Persimmon, tht- famous Thoroughbred Stallion owned Kinsi Edward VII. THE ARAB STOCK 153 according to local tradition the Arab is a separatewild breed kept pure in the desert from the timeof his first capture and domestication; that hishabitat was Nejd and the high plateaux of Yemen,and that he owes his distinguishing qualities tothe fact that his original blood has never beenmixed with that of breeds of inferior type. Inphysical science there is as yet nothing positivelyascertained which would show this to be high plateaux of Arabia, though all of themdesert land, . . are neither without pasture norwithout water. It is unquestionable that the wildass existed, if he does not still exist, in Yemen,and the wild horse, too, may have there on it is added that it is quite conceivablethat in the gradual drying of the peninsula, ofwhich we have geological proof, a section of thewild species may have found itself cut off
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