88 Chapters on Animals. 



tance of the past rises the one romantic figure worthy to 

 mount the perfect Arab. Rich in jewelled caparison, the 

 faultless horse awaits him ! The saddle is empty as yet, 

 and its diamonds flash in the torchlight, but the little sharp 

 ears are listening, they have detected the step of the master! 

 There is a movement in far corridors, the golden gates are 

 open. Like a stream that glitters in the moonlight, the 

 court descends the stair ! The master sits in the saddle, 

 the proud steed steps along the street ; all men are prostrate 

 before the Caliph. 



" Sole star of all that place and time 

 I see him — in his golden prime, 

 The good Haroun Alraschid! " 



From Tennyson's " Recollections of the Arabian Nights." 



