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hence their docihty and evenness of temper. Tn the 

 symmetry and beauty of their make consists their swift- 

 ness, occasionally travelhng eighty, at other times 

 one hundred and twenty miles, without stopping ; and 

 from the general nature of the country in which they 

 are reared, together with the frequent scarcity of pro- 

 visions, constitutes in them that sagacity, endurance 

 of hunger and fatigue, and their great courage, which 

 always has and ever will render them valuable while 

 one of the breed exists. 



The Bedouins appear as kind and gentle to the brute 

 creation as they are to one another, and their fond 

 attachment to their horses is proverbial. D'Arvienae 

 tells us a most interesting story of an Arab who had 

 been obUged to sell his mare, making very frequently a 

 long journey to come and see her. " I have seen him," 

 says he, " cry with tenderness, whilst kissing and ca- 

 ressing her. He would embrace her, would wipe her 

 eyes with his handkerchief, rub her with his shirt- 

 sleeves, and gives her a thousand blessings. ' My 

 eyes!' would he say to her, 'my soul! my heart ! must 

 I be so unfortunate as to have thee sold to so many 

 masters, and not to keep thee myself? I am poor, my 

 antelope ! I have brought thee up like a child ; I 

 never beat nor chid thee. God preserve thee, my 

 dearest ! Thou art pretty — thou art sweet — thou art 

 lovely ! God defend thee from the looks of the en- 

 vioLS !' " 



EGYPTIAN HORSES 



There is no breed of horses especially particular to 

 iCgypt ; all that are there being generally importations 



