DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 
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THE HORSE. 
A horse! a horse! My kingdom for a horse !+Shakepeare. 
I.—HISTORY. 
HE horse is probably anative of the warm coun- 
tries of the East, where he is found wild in a 
considerable state of perfection. Its use, both 
Eas abeast of burden and for the purposes uf war, 
early attracted the attention of mankind. Thus 
when Ji Toseph proceeded with his father’s body from Egypt into 
Canaan, “there accompanied him both chariots and horsemen” 
(Gen. xix.) ; and the Canaanites are said to have gone out to fight 
against Israel “with many horses and chariots” (Joshua ii. 4). 
This was more than sixteen hundred years before Christ. 
The horse was early employed on the course. In the year 
1450 B. o. the Olympic games were established in Greece, at 
which horses were used in chariot and other races. 
No horses were found either on the continent or on the 
islands of the New Worid; but the immense droves now ex- 
isting in parts of both North and South America, all of which 
have descended from the two or three mares and stallions left 
by the early Spanish voyagers, prove very clearly that the 
climate and soil of these countries is well adapted to their 
propagation. 
Professor Low says: “The horse is seen to be affected in his 
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