THE HORSE. 



THIS most interesting and valuable animal has been 

 found varying greatly in form, size, and utility, in 

 various regions of the Old World. So early as 1650 

 years before Christ, it had been domesticated by the 

 Egyptians. On the remains of Jacob being borne from 

 Egypt to Canaan, there went up with Joseph both 

 chariots and horsemen ; and when Pharaoh pursued the 

 children of Israel, he did so with " six hundred chosen 

 chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt." About 

 two centuries later, the Olympic games were instituted 

 in Greece ; these included horse and chariot races : and 

 thus it appears that at a remote period, these noble 

 animals were employed for the pleasure of man, and for 

 securing the objects of his ambition. 



The horses of Arabia are the most celebrated. There 

 is scarcely a native of that country, however poor, who 

 does not possess one, which he treats with the greatest 

 kindness. Having a tent as his only habitation, him- 

 self, his wife, and his children, with the mare and her 

 foal, rest peacefully together. His little ones are often 



