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caparisoned white mules; and as a concluding funereal 

 ceremony he is dragged around the vast circle of the 

 amphitheatre, in order that every individual may get a 

 glimpse of the creature so skilfully slain. Finally he is 

 dragged out of the arena, through a portal under an arch- 

 way, as another doomed and angry bull comes plunging in, 

 excited and terrified by the noise of exploding bombs and 

 rockets, the loud hurrahs and clapping of hands, and the 

 deafening clamour of the military bands.' 



There is a new idea in what you tell me, Count, in this 

 fact, that not very far away from us, and on our own 

 continent, are horses of the purest Arab blood, accessible 

 and purchasable, which can be bought for a very moderate 

 price. 



' Certainly, madam, and more beautiful, and more per- 

 fectly trained, than any saddle-horse to be seen in New 

 York City.' 



Yes, I can understand that when it comes to the breaking 

 and training of horses, we know very little about it, in 

 comparison to those who are entirely dependent upon them 

 in their journeyings, whose travel is all in the saddle, who 

 know little of railroads, and almost nothing of ordinary 

 wheeled vehicles. 



