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his children, who roll about upon her and the 

 foal, without the least risk. 



The kindness thus engendered, is returned by 

 the mare in many of those situations when the 

 life of the child of the desert depends only 

 on the sagacity and swiftness of his faithful 



courser. 



" When the Arab falls wounded from his mare, 

 she will immediately stand still, and neigh until 

 assistance arrives. Should fatigue compel him 

 to he down to sleep in the desert, she watches 

 over him, and arouses him on the approach of 



man or beast. 



Among the many anecdotes illustrating the 

 attachment of the Arab to his mare, the follow- 

 ing are particularly touching. 



An old Arab had a valuable mare, that had 

 carried him for fifteen years in many a hard 

 fought battle, and many a rapid weary march ; 

 at length, eighty years old, and unable longer to 

 ride her, he gave her, and a scymitar that had 

 been his father's, to his eldest son, and told him 

 to appreciate their value, and never He down to 

 rest until he had rubbed them both as bright as 

 a looking-glass. Tn the first skirmish in which 

 the young man was engaged, he was killed, and 

 the mare fell into the hands of the enemy. 

 When the news reached the old man, he ex- 



