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cle, the great infecurity of property under the Tur- 

 kijh government. The breed was once very fa- 

 mous : M. D'Arvieux* fays, that when he was 

 there in 1 66 8 , he met with a mare that he thought 

 worthy of the ftud of his grand Monarqiit, when 

 m the height of his glory ; but Doctor Shaw in- 

 forms us, that at prefent the cafe is entirely alter- 

 ed f. 



Notwithstanding Spain has been celebrated of old 

 for the fwiftnefs of its horfes, vet it muft have re- 

 eeived great improvement from thofe brought over 

 by their conquerors, the Saracens. According to 

 Oppian^. thtSpanifh breed had no other merit than 

 that of fketnefe, but at prefent we know that they 

 have feveral other fine qualities. 



To fum up the account of this generous animal 3 

 we may obferve, that every country' that boafts of a 

 fine race of horfes, is indebted to Arabia, their pri- 

 maeval feat. No wonder then, that the poetic ge- 

 nius of the author of the book of Job^ who not on- 

 ly lived on the very fpot, but even at time when the 

 animal creation dill enjoyed much of its original 

 perfection, mould be able to compofe that fublime 

 defcription which has always been the admiration 

 of every perfon of genuine tafle §. 



* D'Arvieux, 173. 



f Shaw's Travels, 238. 



I Cyneg. lib. I. V. 284. 



§ Job.- ch. XXXIX. v. 19. to 25. 



No, 



