. The Arabian horse, his country and people : with portraits of typical or famous Arabians and other illustrations. Also a map of the country of the Arabian horse, and a descriptive glossary of Arabic words and proper names. s (also wild camels) had been seen, not,indeed, by Sir Douglas, but by a native informant, inNorthern Thibet. The country in question highlyfavours the natural habit of the horse ; and from pre-historic down to recent times it has been famous forthe excellence and numbers of its studs. Vide MarcoPolo, Col. Yules [1S75] edit, ch. Ixi. (vol. i. p. 291).In ch. liv., Ser Marco
. The Arabian horse, his country and people : with portraits of typical or famous Arabians and other illustrations. Also a map of the country of the Arabian horse, and a descriptive glossary of Arabic words and proper names. s (also wild camels) had been seen, not,indeed, by Sir Douglas, but by a native informant, inNorthern Thibet. The country in question highlyfavours the natural habit of the horse ; and from pre-historic down to recent times it has been famous forthe excellence and numbers of its studs. Vide MarcoPolo, Col. Yules [1S75] edit, ch. Ixi. (vol. i. p. 291).In ch. liv., Ser Marco says, that the Tatar horses willsubsist entirely on the grass of the plains, so that thereis no need to carry store of barley, straw, or oats. M 90 THE BREEDERS OF THE ARABIAN. BOOK II. The subjoined tableau from the famous roll of 12th-century embroidery which,from having been piously presented to the cathedral of Bayeux, is known as the Bayeux tapestry, represents the horse and man-at-arms with which NormanWilliam hammered Britons, Teutons, Danes, and other elements into a greatnation ; when the armour was as yet comparatively light; and war-steeds werenot required to carry figures resembling our modern WILLIAM I. AND TONSTAIN. Where are now the stamps of horses which England possessed at the periodof the Conquest ? Where the square-set and untiring hackney, shaped like this,
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