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This conftant intercourfe produces a familiarity 

 that could not otherwife be effected , and creates 

 a tractability in the horfes that could arife only 

 from a regular good ufage ; little acts of kindnefe, 

 and a foothing language, which they are accuf- 

 tomed to from their mailers : they are quite un- 

 acquainted with the fpur; the left touch with the 

 flirrup fets thefe airy courfers in motion ; they fet 

 off with a fleetnefs that furpaffes that of the 

 Oftrich * yet they are fo well trained as to flop 

 in their molt rapid fpeed by the fligheft check of 

 the rider : there are fometimes inftances of their 

 being mounted without either bridle or faddle, 

 when they fhew fuch compliance to their rider's 

 will, as to be directed in their courfe by the 

 rneer motion of a fwitch -f . 

 Paret in obfequium lent<e moderamine virgte, 

 Verbera funt precept a fug<e> funt verb era frama J. 

 Several things concur to maintain this perfection 

 in the horfes of Arabia* fuch as the great care the 

 Arabs take in preferving the breed genuine, by per- 

 mitting none but ftallions of the firfl form to have 



many Arabs, of the poorer rank, to join in the purchafe of a 

 horfe, the original owner generally retaining one fhare. This, 

 as well as moll of the other particulars relating to the Arabian 

 horfe, are taken from M. D'Arvieux's curious account of 

 Arabia, p. 167, London, 1732. 



* For an account of its fpeed, vide Adanforfs <voj. 85. 

 ■f- Twvernier^ 's Travels, I. 6$, 

 X Nemefion Cjneg. 267. 



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