HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The Arabian HORSE. 



There is fcarcely an Arabian, how poor foever in 

 other refpecls, but is poflefled of his Horfe, which he 

 confiders as an invaluable treafure. Having no other 

 dwelling but a tent, the Arabian and his Horfe live 

 upon the mod equal terms : His wife and family, his 

 mare and her foal, generally lie indifcriminately toge- 

 ther; wbilft the little children frequently climb with- 

 out fear upon the body of the inoffenfive animal, which 

 permits them to play with and carefs it without injury. 

 The Arabs never beat their Horfes; they fpeak to, and 

 feem to hold friendly intercourfe with them; they never 

 whip them ; and feldom, but in cafes of neceffity, make 

 ufe of the fpur. Their agility in leaping is wonderful ; 

 and if the rider happen to fall, they are fo tractable as 

 to (land ftill in the midft of the molt rapid career. — The 

 Arabian Horfes are in general lefs than the Raee-Horfes 

 ©f this country, eafy and graceful in their motions, and 



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