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veral days before I could get over the loss. Let it be, how- 

 ever, remembered, that the poor animal had been my support 

 and comfort, may I not say companion, through many a 

 dreary day and night ; had endured both hunger and thirst 

 in my service with the utmost patience ; was so docile, though 

 an Arabian, that he would stand still for hours in the desert, 

 while I slept between his legs, his body affording me the only 

 shelter that could be obtained from the powerful influence of 

 a noon-day sun.''* 



The Horse manifests sensibly the pleasure which he feels 

 in the presence of those who treat him with kindness. The 

 Turks, who use their horses with a humanity which they do 

 not always exhibit towards their fellow-creatures, may be 

 sometimes seen followed by their fiery chargers as if they 

 were household friends. Sometimes the Horse forms strong 

 attachment to other animals which may have been useful to 

 him, or which may have remained with him in his stall to 

 cheer his solitude. Dogs are frequent favourites, nay, 

 other animals less likely to form the subject of attachment. 

 Chill aby, a very ferocious race-horse, took an affection for a 

 lamb which used to employ itself in butting away the flies. 

 The Godolphin Barb formed an attachment to a cat, who 

 used to sit upon his back when in the stable, or nestle close 

 to him when he lay down ; and the affection was mutual, for, 

 on the death of the horse, the cat refused to take food, pined 

 away, and died. 



As the Horse is susceptible of kindness, so is he resentful 

 of wrongs. A foal that has been cruelly treated remembers, 

 when he has arrived at his full strength, the person that had 

 injured him, and sometimes endeavours to avenge the wrong. 

 A fine Cleveland Bay, who was noted for the sweetness of 

 his temper, had on several occasions been maltreated by a 

 strange groom. Once an unmerited blow was given on the 

 head, when the indignant animal raised his fore-foot, and 



* Travels of Major Denham and Captain Clapperton. 



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