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confidence, and has treated me as his honoured 

 friend; but with pains I have accomplished it, 

 and it was worth while in the reward of his 

 ultimate great affection. 



By contrast, take the case of the Arab horse, 

 who for thousands of generations has been 

 brought up in the tent as a member of the 

 family. If the tent isn't big enough for the 

 family and the mare and her foal, it isn't the 

 mare and the foal who have to go and sit out- 

 side. The relationship has been as intimate 

 as that of an Englishman and his dog, for so 

 many thousands of generations, that the brain 

 development of the Arab horse, and his in- 

 telligence, is nearly on a par with that of an 

 English dog. I have seen many thousands 

 of Arab horses imported from Arabia into 

 Bombay, and, for some years, saw probably 

 every one that arrived each season. And the 

 characteristic of every one (with the most 

 trifling exception, due to the very rare cases 

 of ill-treatment) was the most perfect comrade- 

 ship with man, pleasure at being taken notice 

 of, and ready willingness to do everything 

 that was wanted of him. I was made welcome 

 in all the Arab stables, and made many dear 

 friends amongst the horses. The Arab dealer 

 is a gentleman, and he teaches his horse to be 

 even a better gentleman than himself — sans 

 peur et sans reproche. For me the Arab horse, 

 every time. There is no horse like him. 



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