GENERAL NOTES. 119 



port of a steady hand. In time the 

 horse may be brought to face the 

 most appalHng objects, and his confi- 

 dence in man grows with each escape 

 from suspected danger. 



But it is when this nervous, ex- 

 citable animal is roused by the stir 

 and clang of battle that he banishes 

 all fear, and even takes a delight in 

 the perilous game of war. With a 

 spirit that seems heroic, he will eagerly 

 plunge into the thickest of the fray, 

 and, unmindful of the horrid hail of 

 missiles, bear his rider to death or glory. 



The next day, perhaps, he trembles 

 as he is made, unwillingly, to pass 

 the harmless body of some poor beast 

 lying in the battery he so gallantly 

 charged in the fight. 



