In order to prevent fraudulent exchanges, and to remove the stamp of doubtful ownership, horses were for some time marked with the word <Arabic> (nazar sight), sometimes with the word <Arabic> (dágh, mark), and sometimes with the numeral <Arabic> (seven).* Every horse that was received by government had the mark burnt on the right cheek; and those that were returned, on the left side. Sometimes, in the case of 'Iráqí and Mujannas* horses, they branded the price in numerals on the right cheek; and in the case of Turkí and Arab horses, on the left. Now-a-days the horses of every stable are distinguished by their price in numerals. Thus, a horse of ten muhurs, is marked with the numeral ten; those of twenty muhurs, have a twenty, and so on. When horses, at the time of the musters, are put into a higher or a lower grade, the old brand is removed.