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grey, but never again took him within sound of a 

 cavalry bugle. 



The history of this adventure was sent to me 

 by a relative of the resolute old heroine, who, in spite 

 of her natural alarm at the unexpected movements, 

 refused to abandon her seat in the carriage, or to 

 part with the old friend who had been her companion 

 for so many years. 



This is not a book of anecdotes, and so I 

 will only briefly mention two instances illustrative 

 of the principle of obedience which is so charac- 

 teristic of the animal, both belonging to the cavalry 

 horse. 



At the end of the Peninsular War, a Yorkshire 

 cavalry regiment was disbanded, and the horses put 

 up for sale. The commanding officer, a wealthy 

 Yorkshire gentleman, could not bear the idea that 

 his old companions in battle should pass into the 

 possession of men who would not appreciate them 

 nor understand their ways. He therefore bought 

 them all, and purchased a large paddock, in which 

 they might pass the rest of their lives in honourable 

 retirement. 



They had remained in the paddock for some 

 years, when a violent thunderstorm took place. 

 The animals mistook the rolling thunder for the 

 roar of cannon, and the lightning f or the flashes of 



