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to the citadel, which so highly pleased the people that a 

 decree was made by the senate, enacting that these faithful 

 and willing servants should be kept the remainder of their 

 lives at the public expense. 



Near the tomb of Cimon were placed the graves of the 

 mares who bore him, on three several occasions, victorious 

 at the Olympic games. 



Every humane mind must feel sensibly alive and indig- 

 nant at the brutal treatment to which that noble and 

 generous animal, the horse, is but too frequently exposed in 

 Europe. The ass, also an animal of great sagacity and 

 gentleness, is almost invariably treated with savage bar- 

 barity. Let these unprincipled and unfeeling wretches look 

 to the mutual love which subsists between the Arab and 

 his steed, and the kindness manifested by the people of 

 eastern countries to their asses and mules, and the benefit 

 they derive from such a mode of treatment. If no other 

 j)rinciple will awaken their kindly feelings towards those 

 most useful animals, surely that of self-interest should 

 stimulate them to adopt gentler measures. 



The first breaking and training of the horse should only 

 be intrusted to persons of mild dispositions, as it is by kind 

 and patient treatment alone that we can hope to succeed in 

 rendering this valuable animal truly useful and docile ; for 

 although force may produce obedience, it will be found, as 

 with man himself, that as soon as fear has subsided and the 

 animal has discovered its own strength, revenge will gene- 

 rally follow. I have no doubt that in nine cases out of ten 

 where horses betray furious or stubborn tempers, that these 

 have been produced from the cruelty or ignorance of their 

 first trainers. The horse is an animal of great intelligence ; 

 but everything addressed to his perceptions should be clear, 

 jsiiort, and distinct, fur he is incapable of following a train 



