ON THE HORSE. S05 



It may be allowed here to give some account 

 of the horses of other countries, which derive 

 their origin, or at lest receive their improve- 

 ment from the Arabian kind, for wheresoever 

 the Saracens spread their victorious arms, they, 

 at the same time, introduced their generous 

 race of horses. <,<r;„ «*w^ -. 



. Those oi Persia are light, swift, and very like 

 those oi Arabia, but formed very narrow before: 

 they are fed with chopped straw, mixed with 

 barley, and instead of soiling, are fed with new 

 eared or green barley for about fourteen or 

 twenty days.* >%i^^ >^-?\^^- 



J, JEthiopia has with some writers the credit of 

 having originally furnished Arabia with its fine 

 race of horses ; but we believe the reverse, and 

 that they were introduced into that empire by 

 the. Arabian princes, whose lineage to this day 

 fills that throne. The horses of that country . 

 are spirited and strong, and generally of a 

 black color : they are never used in long jour- 

 nies, but only in battle or in the race, for all 

 servile work is done by mules : the Ethiopians 

 never shoe them, for which reason, on passing 

 through stony places, they dismount, and ride 

 on mules, and lead their horses ;| so from this 



* Taverniers Travels, i. 145. f Ludolph. hist JEthiop, 53. 

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