His horny hoots are jetty black and round ; 

 His chine is double ; starting with a bound, 

 He turns the turf, and shakes the solid ground : 

 Fire from his eyes, clouds from his nostrils flow, 

 He bears his rider headlong on the foe. " 



Mr. Rogers, the author of The Pleasures of Memory, 

 a delightful work, has three lines upon the charger, 

 worthy of being repeated : — 



" And when the drum beats briskly in the gale. 

 The war-worn courser charges at the sound, 

 And with young vigour wheels the pasture ground." 



It would be almost unpardonable not to notice the 

 epitaph upon the charger of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, 

 who was killed at the battle of Alexandria, in Egypt, 

 on the 21st of March, 1801, and who was father of 

 the late speaker of the House of Commons, now 

 raised to the peerage by the title of Lord Dunferm- 

 line. His gallant steed received, on that memorable 

 day, no less than seven musket-balls and two sabre- 

 cuts, and afterwards became the property of a person 

 of the name of Watson, at Malta, which person 

 placed a stone over his remains, in the following 

 words : — 



** Here lies the celebrated charger of the late Lieu- 

 tenant-General Sir Ralph Abercrombie, who was 

 killed at the memorable battle of Alexandria, 21st 

 March, 1801, where this noble animal received, on 

 that glorious day, seven musket-balls and two sabre- 

 cuts, when he afterwards became the property oi 

 John Watson, of Malta, who placed this stone over hi; 

 remains, in token of his rare services, peculiar quali- 

 ties, high spirits, and good temper. This esteemed 

 horse departed this life of miseiies, September 12th, 

 1823, aged thirty-six years, 



* Sua cuique voluptas I ' ** 



