ON THE HORSE. 
According to Oppian,* the Spanish breed had 
no other merit than that of fleetness, but at pre- 
sent we know that they have several other fine 
qualities. 
To sum up the account of this generous ani- 
mal, we may observe, that every country that 
boasts of a fine race of horses, is indebted to 
Arabia, their primeval seat. No-wonder then, 
that the poetic genius of the author of the book 
of Job, (who not only lived on the very spot, 
but even at a time when the animal creation 
still enjoyed much of its. original perfection, ) 
should be able to compose that sublime descrip- 
tion which has always been the admiration of 
every person of genuine taste. 
* Cyneg. lib. i. v. 284. 
+ Job. ch. xxxix. v. 19. to 25. 
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