168 VEKTEBRATES. 



They are diminutive in their size, very vicious, and difficult to 

 tame. They are found wild in several other parts of the African 

 continent, but the wretched inhabitants are sunk in such ignorance 



Wild Horse. 



and indolence, so unacquainted with the services they are calcu- 

 lated to render to man, that they make no more attempt to tame 

 them than to tame lions. In Spanish America there is an abund- 

 ance of wild horses. There is little doubt that they are descended 

 from the Andalusian breed, originally introduced from Spain by 

 the first conquerors. 



The Arabian horses are of a more slender make, leas showy, 

 bu beautifully limbed, more hardy, and reckoned much fleeter. 

 Of all countries in which the horse runs wild, Arabia produces 

 the most beautiful breed, and also the most generous, swift, ana 

 persevering. They are found in small numbers in the deserts of 

 that country, and are so highly valued by the natives, that they 

 employ every stratagem for obtaining them. 



It is probable that Arabia was the original country ol' the 

 horse, since there the utmost care is taken not to cioss, but main- 



