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relentless rider, as on a whirlwind, upon Job's possessions, 

 when he carried conquests from his birthplace to the 

 confines of China in the east and the Atlantic on the 

 west, to the present time, when, in the East, he leads 

 the charge of England's chivalry, he has ever shone 

 pre-eminent. 



In India, certainly the best field for our cavalry, as a 

 charger the Arab has always maintained the highest 

 position. The Arabian horse has done his share in the 

 conquests of that country. 



I am fully persuaded if horses for both cavalry and 

 artillery were bred from suitable mares from Arab 

 horses, a marked difference and superiority would be 

 the result, and we might then truly boast of having the 

 best cavalry in the world. The French had to discard 

 the European horse when in Africa, and re-mount their 

 cavalry on such horses of Arab blood as they could 

 procure, and these carried a weight of twenty-five stone. 

 General Daumas may well exclaim, * Now, a horse that, 

 in a country often rough and difficult, marches and gal- 

 lops, ascends and descends, endures unparalleled priva- 

 tions, and goes through a campaign with spirit, with 

 such a weight on his back, is he or is he not a war- 

 horse ? ' 



Are our cavalry so mounted .-' What is the opinion 

 of the War Office } Is not the Arabian horse worthy of 

 their consideration .'' 



Abd-el-Kader has stated that an Arab horse can travel 

 a distance of fifty English miles day after day, and this 

 without fatigue, for three or four months ; and if re- 



