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and a bit o;ot into his mouth : bv this and the lonfj- 

 bar jobbing against his jaws if he got unruly, he was 

 managed : a pretty animal this to breed from ! 



The other Arab belonged to a friend of mine. Now 

 this horse was originally perfectly quiet, either in or 

 out of the stable and to ride, till on one occasion he 

 unfortunately got loose : he ran after a mare, which very 

 severely kicked and bit him : he retaliated, and, to get 

 him away, some very but necessary harsh measures 

 were used. On getting into his stable, the man very 

 imprudently and improperly beat him unmercifully, 

 till he turned on the man, who was glad and lucky 

 enough to escape from the box, and shut the door. 

 From that day no one dare approach him : the mo- 

 ment he saw man, his eyes positively glared like those 

 of a wild beast. The way they managed him was cu- 

 rious enough : they had a stout ash-pole about eight 

 feet long, at its end a hook like those used by 

 shepherds : with this they caught him by the head- 

 collar, and brought him to the half-door ; then fixed 

 a rope to the opposite side of the collar ; and, thus 

 held by two men, each out of his reach, he was led 

 wherever they wanted him to go. Shoeing, physicing, 

 dressing, or touching his mane or tail was all out of 

 the question — so he looked like, what in fact he had 

 become, a very demqn in a horse's shape. 



I have mentioned these to show what the horse can 

 be. I will now state an instance or two that will 

 prove that he is sensible of and will sometimes reta- 

 liate lesser injuries. 



A dealer, of whom I have bought a horse occasionally, 

 had one he kept for his own hunting. I had for some 

 time wished to purchase the animal, and got the refusal 

 of him, if he was ever to be sold. He had ridden this 



