The horse in the stable and the field : his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc. . of nearly all the horses of the Nile basin during the period ofwar, famine, and brigandage, from 1885 to 1896. Every suitable foal, horse, and mare lias been seized by the Baggararaiders, and frequently had its miserable existence terminated by beingridden to death or allowed to die of thirst in the desert. In the recent forced march by Osman Digna, in the spring of 1896, fromKassala to Suakin and back to the Atbara, more than half his animals andprobably most of his cavalry hor
The horse in the stable and the field : his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc. . of nearly all the horses of the Nile basin during the period ofwar, famine, and brigandage, from 1885 to 1896. Every suitable foal, horse, and mare lias been seized by the Baggararaiders, and frequently had its miserable existence terminated by beingridden to death or allowed to die of thirst in the desert. In the recent forced march by Osman Digna, in the spring of 1896, fromKassala to Suakin and back to the Atbara, more than half his animals andprobably most of his cavalry horses died of exhaustion. Of the horses captured at the battle of Firket, the foals were all in a 22 THE HORSE miserably neglected state, and most of the horses had galled backs andtender feet ( heffi) from marching on rocky ground. Only the horses ofa few Emirs were in good condition. What diiTerent treatment did thenoblest of animals receive in the Sudan twenty years ago. Fast-trotting, upstanding pairs of Dongola horses were much prized inCairo, and a well-matched pair would fetch £100. The best saddle-horses. DERVISH CAVALRY HORSE. Sjjcdmen captured at the battle of Firket, drawn by Lieut. N. M. Smyth, and sent to theeditor by Statin Pasha, 1896. were descended from a well-known horse called Abu Dru. The Dona breedof the island of Argo, north of Dongola, is also celebrated, and a fabloexists that it owes its excellence to a strain of supernatural blood introducedby a river-horse in the remote past. The peaceful inhabitants of theDongola province, always Avith an eye to the main chance, were naturallycareful of so valual>le an inheritance in horseflesh. The Dongola horsewas stabled in a well-built thatched shelter, brick houses being consideredill-ventilated; in summer-time he was picketed out at night. The winter THE DONGOLA HORSE 23 coat was often clipped once in tlic season. Dhura, or barley for pref(!rence,was fed to the horse before and after daylight, and milk was of
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