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electricity was Franklin's drawing it from the clouds 

 with his kite. Now it is the instrument of conveying 

 thought from mind to mind with a rapidity that sur- 

 passes time. The great propelling po^Yer that drives 

 the wheel of the engine over our land, and ploughs the 

 ocean with our steamers, was first discovered escaping 

 from a tea-kettle. And so the powers of the horse, 

 second only to the powers of steam, because known to 

 man only as experiments and investigation revealed 

 them. 



" The horse, according to the best accounts we can 

 gather, has been the constant servant of man for nearly 

 four thousand years, ever rewarding him with his labour 

 and adding to his comfort in proportion to his skill and 

 manner of using him ; but being to those who govern 

 him by brute force, and know nothing of the beauty 

 and delight to be gained from the cultivation of his 

 finer nature, a fretful, vicious, and often dangerous ser- 

 vant ; whilst to the Arab, whose horse is the pride of 

 his life, and who governs him by the law of kindness, 

 we find him to be quite a different animal. The man- 

 ner in which he is treated from a foal gives him an 

 affection, an attachment for his master, not known in 

 any other country. The Arab and his children, tbe 

 mare and her foal, inhabit the tent together ; and al- 

 though the colt and the mare's neck are often pillows 

 for the children to roll upon, no accident ever occurs, 

 the mare being as careful of the children as of the 

 colt. Such is the mutual attachment between the horse 

 and his master, that he will leave his companions at his 

 master's call, ever glad to obey his voice. And when 

 the Arab falls from his horse, and is unable to rise again, 

 he will stand by him and neigh for assistance ; and if 

 he lays down to sleep, as fatigue sometimes compels 



