1 HORSES AND THEIB FURMETURE.
2 . There are two sorts of furniture for horses, the Persian and the
3 Uzbek; ef which the latter is most used. The Persian biidle .is. a
4 moKk of snaffle, which instead of cheeks, has two (or Jmit) iao^
5 passed thiou^ holes in the ends of the snaffle, to receive the reiiMk
6 The sna6ie itself has sometimes sharp points to prick the horse^s
7 mrnith when he pulls. Hits bridle is adorned with silver chains and
8 Other ornaments. The saddle sits near the horse's back, but rises
9 TOiich both before and behind, so as to give the rider a siiorig seat;
10 but the peaks ai e generally so close, as to make it extremely uncom-
11 fortable to those who arc not used to it. The peak in front is the
12 highest of the two, and is composed oi painted wood, gold and silver
13 curiously embossed, or gold enamelled, according to the circum-
14 .stances of the owner. The Uzbek snaffle is exactly like our own,
15 except that the cheeks are larger in proportion. The head-stall is
16 ornamented with a few gold or stiver studs at the joiningst and there
17 it oHtiNBfc like a fkrarw looe ef tli^ ane nafteml in ths. angjb
18 btilgoia Ae iio»4MBid and the chBok bwnL Hiexeji no band §aom
19 UmAtOmaL Tin rant baUi of Iba U«bek. and Bmn bridle
20 tMROir, and very meA, Tliey an aade of good bnnm Inrtbo^
21 id aoBMtiBiWi but nmlff of gnm du^jvem loathoR lintingalai
22 HO not nrach irani, when tfaej wte, ibey ane ray Ixxme ihey drada
23 Ukm oar nwurthigdUwi but do not hh oo the leini, being- fiatened io
24 tlie chtefa of tfaef bit Tlw tig^rt 4««ndiiig martngde^ wil& iilik^
25 tlw Bitivcf of iftdio tfe dbwn tktir hotses* hcadi^ and croitp tbeif
26 iction, is not known, lliere is also a fatoast band* with a kige silver
27 or gold kncib in fronts shaped like tho cupola of a mosque, and they
28 generally uae cnipp^s. The whole, particularly the Uabok btidk^ ia
29 vary handsome, and shows a horse off even better than our own. Hid
30 Uibek saddle is raised hi^ above the hone's back, by the shape of
31 tihe tree. It is much larger and more commodious than the Persian*
32 and not sohi^ either behind or before The peak in front is divided
33 and turns down, so as to form two curls like Ionic volutes. Neither
34 of thf*Rp saddles is stuffed below, both aro ]ilacetl on two or tbrw thic^
35 hlaoketa or lelts* and |ied on by a girth which passes through two