8 OUR DOMESTJC FOWLS. 



It IS not until a later period that we read 

 of the horse, namely, under the rule of Joseph 

 in Egypt, when " he gave them bread in ex- 

 change for horses, and for the flocks, and for 

 the cattle of the herds, and for the asses." 

 But this notice, in conjunction with another 

 in Genesis xlix. 17, " Dan shall be a serpent 

 in the way, an adder in the path, that biteth 

 the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall 

 backward," proves that, in some districts at 

 least, this animal had been subjugated : and 

 we know that, on the departure of the Israel- 

 ites from Egypt, the monarch pursued them 

 with horsemen and chariots. Horses are sub- 

 sequently noticed abundantly, as are also 

 mules ; nor need we refer our reader to the 

 numerous passages in which distinct mention 

 is made of them. 



With respect to the dog, the first direct 

 allusion to it is in Exodus xi. 7 : " But against 

 any of the children of Israel shall not a dog^ 

 move his tongue ;" and we need not say that 

 it was inserted by Moses in the list of unclean 

 animals, with directions concerning the flesh 

 of torn beasts, which was to be thrown to the 

 dogs. Swine were placed in the catalogue of 

 unclean animals by the Mosaic ritual, and 



