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and wretched, a vigor and power of resistance whicli always- 

 astonish a man who mounts one of them not knowing these fact*. 



This animal is essentially of a nervous temperament, and con- 

 sequently irritable. Yet they present a physiognomy expressing 

 mildness, conjQdence, and a great docility, which is felt in their 

 precious qualities for the saddle, for the manege and promenade- 

 And, moreover, their sobriety, rusticity, (country like,) endurance 

 of fatigue and all sorts of privations, render them of the first 

 order, fit for war, even when they lead you to suppose by their 

 appearance that they are too much enfeebled by their sufferings. 

 They have proved all we say, during the twenty-seven years" 

 campaigns, and in Africa. And recently they have given most 

 striking proofs of it in the war of the East. The English army 

 saw, in the beginning of the Crimean war, its fine, large-framed, 

 full-sized horses perish, while the French, on their African horses, 

 were always ready for charge or combat, in spite of all the misery, 

 priv^ations, and fatigues, excessively great, to which they were 

 exposed, and to which the English horses became victims. 



In fact, these very barbs, the Numidian cavalry, gave great 

 trouble to the Eomans, and they have maintained their character 

 age after age, down to our days. 



MAKING SUGAR, 



Has become a very interesting question among us, on account 

 of the recent introduction of the new sugar canes of the east 

 and of southern Africa. A brief view of this question will be 

 acceptable to us. 



Theophrastus, over two thousand years ago, spoke of the honey 

 contained in reeds. No mention of sugar is found in ancient 

 Egypt, Phcenicia, or in Judea. 



The Grecian physicians speak of sugar, a concrete like salt, of 

 a honey taste; they called it Indian salt. Dioscorides and Pliny 

 describe a sort of sugar candy, as in use then. The Indian salt 

 was brought to Rome and Greece, from India within the Ganges, 

 and from Arabia. The sugar cane then only grew on the islands 

 of the Archipelago, in Bengal, Siam, &.c. This sugar found its 

 way first into Arabia, about six hundred years ago, when mer- 

 chants first began to visit India. The Persians, Egyptians, Phce- 



