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reply, 'That depends Tipon "her age ; I suppose she 

 is past five?' 'Graess again,' said he. 'Four?' 'Look 

 at her mouth,' said the Arab with a smile.. On exam- 

 ination she was found to be rising three. This, from 

 her size and symmetry, greatly enhanced her value. 

 The envoy said, 'I will give you fifty tomans, (a coin 

 nearly equal in value to a pound sterling.) 'A little 

 more, if you please,' said the fellow, apparently enter- 

 tained. 'Eighty, a hundred.' He shook his head, and 

 smiled. The offer at last came to two hundred to- 

 mans. 'Well,' said the Arab, 'you need not tempt 

 me further ; it is of no use. You are a rich elchee ; 

 you have fine horses, camels and mules, and I am told 

 you have loads of silver and gold. Now,' added he, 

 'you want my mare, but you shall not have her for 

 all you have got.' " 



The foregoing is a very humane sj^stem of treating 

 the horse, and one that is attended with the best suc- 

 cess in subjugating all horses for domestic purposes ; 

 and yet there is another method by which they may 

 be trained and subjugated, that no less shows the 

 superiority of man, than the willingness of the horse 

 to obey him, when his wishes are made known to 

 h'im ; without medication. The domesticated horse 

 seldom needs anything more than kind treatment at 

 our hands to render him obedient to our commands, 

 after he has learned what we desire of him, for his 

 instinct leads him to love and obey man, although 

 the horse, not unlike other animals in this respect, is 

 possessed of a kind of wild fear of man (in a natural 



