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good round sum in gold being counted out, in pay- 

 ment of the horse's passage, with some difficulty the 

 young Arabian stallion reached at last the deck of 

 the schooner. 



*' The Moor then confided to the captain these 

 facts. A very large sum of gold had been paid for 

 the Arab, which was of Abdallah breed, with direc- 

 tions that he should be shipped to America. But the 

 tribe, of which he was the pride, and from which he 

 had been purchased, finding that the owner resented 

 their interference in his sale, appealed to the Sultan. 

 The Sultan at once forbade the departure of the horse 

 from the country, and the American consul's author- 

 ity was also called into requisition to prevent it. 

 While the dispute still raged, the wily Moor was 

 flying toward the coast under cover of the darkness 

 with the result described. The captain remembered 

 well, being greatly impressed by it, how the Moor, 

 to prove his horse's ancestry had pointed out to him 

 the marks branded with a fine needle, which were 

 written on the inside of each foreleg, thereby telling 

 the story of his birth." 



And was he the progenitor also of a race of fine 

 horses? 



" Unfortunately, no ; for he lived but a short time 

 after reaching America. " 



Then this may have been the " Abdallah" which 

 died on Long Island many years ago, from starva- 

 tion? 



"It is impossible to tell, for there is much mystery, 

 and many uncertain statements have been made about 

 the fisherman's Arab, which was allowed to starve to 



