HISTORY OF THE HORSE. 



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, dismounts and looks at the money; 

 then, turning his eyes to the mare, he thus accosts 

 her: 'To whom am I going to yield thee up? 

 To Europeans, who will tie thee close, 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 apprecia- 

 tion of and fondness 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 Ameri- 

 cans the treatment 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 



