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the inhabitants, through fear of killing one of their 
imaginary deities, never struck a blow ; but retired, 
leaving the enemy in the quiet possession of the city. 
47. We are informed by Herodotus, the Greek 
historian, that whenever a Cat died a natural death 
in Egypt, the inhabitants of the house were accus- 
tomed to shave their eyebrows in token of sorrow, 
and the animal so dying was embalmed and nobly 
interred 
THE HORSE. 
48. The Horse is found in almost every part of 
the world in a domestic state. He is found wild in 
Africa and Arabia ; also in South America, and the 
western parts of North America, having been intro- 
duced to the latter countries by the Spaniards. 
49. The Horse is the most noble and the most 
What is related by Herodotus as happening upon the death of 
a Cat ? 
Where is the Horse found ? 
What is said of the Horse compared with other domestic ani- 
mals ? 
