Appaloosa occurs in several overlay patterns on one of several recognized base coat colors. There are three other distinctive, "core" characteristics: mottled skin, striped hooves, and eyes with a white sclera. Skin mottling is usually seen around the muzzle, eyes, anus, and genitalia. Striped hooves are a common trait, quite noticeable on Appaloosas, but not unique to the breed. The sclera is the part of the eye surrounding the iris; although all horses show white around the eye if the eye is rolled back, to have a readily visible white sclera with the eye in a normal position is a distinctive
The Eye of Tandyla Tartessian Empire with the island continent of Pusad and the actual Atlantis, a barbaric mountainous region that is today the Atlas mountain range. The Eye of Tandyla "The Eye of Tandyla" is a fantasy story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, part of his Pusadian series. It was first published in the magazine "Fantastic Adventures" for May, 1951, and first appeared in book form in de Camp's collection "The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales" (Twayne, 1953). The story has also appeared in the magazine "Fantastic" for November 1965, the anthologies "Time Untamed" (1967), "The Magic of Atlantis" (1970),