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rifice their lives for their master's benefit." In the desert he is 

 the familiar comrade, tentmate and playmate of his master, as 

 docile and intelligent as a dog. Rev. Y. Monro elates an anec- 

 dote of an Arab, "the net value of whose dress and accoutre 

 ments might be calculated at something under seventeen pence 

 half-penny," who refused all offers made to purchase a beautiful 

 mare on which he rode, declaring that he loved the animal better 

 than his own life. The French author. Dr. St. Pierre, quotes a 

 remarkable instance of the attachment an Arabian feels for his 

 horse: '* The whole stock of a poor Arabian of the desert con- 

 sisted of a most beautiful mare. Tiie French Consul at Said 

 offered to purcliase her, with an intention of sending her to his 

 master, Louis XIV. The Arab, pressed by want, hesitated for 

 a long time, but at length consented, on condition of receiving a 

 very considerable sum, which he named. The Consul, not daring, 

 without instructions, to give so high a prize, wrote to Ver- 

 sailles for permission to close the bargain on the terms stipu 

 lated. Louis XIV gave orders to pay the money. The Consul 

 immediately sent notice to the Arab, who soon after made his 

 appearance mounted on his magnificent courser, and the gold 

 he had demanded was paid down to him. The Arab, covered 

 with a miserable rag, dismounted and looked at the money ; then 

 turning his eyes to the mare, he thus accosted her : ' To whom 

 am I going to yield thee up ? To Europeans, who will tie thee 

 clo.se, who will beat thee, who will render thee miserable. Re- 

 turn with me, my beauty, my darling, my jewel, and rejoice the 

 hearts of my children !' As he pronounced these words, he 

 sprung upon her back and scampered off towards the desert." 



It is not surprising that such a high appreciation of and fond- 

 ness for this noble animal, united to an intelligent training, 

 has resulted in the production of a race of horses unrivaled in 

 excellence. But among Europeans and Americans the treat- 

 ment of the horse has been usually so harsh, and the mode of 

 training so deficient in intelligence, as to greatly lessen his 

 value, even where a brutal ignorance has not brought into 

 activity every vice latent in his nature. Of the numerous faults 

 ascribed to the horse a very small portion are chargeable to his 



