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disease is concerned. When I examined him I found no ossific deposit. I re- 
quested at the same time to be allowed to see the horse out of the stable, 
but was refused by Mr. Walker’s groom. If there had been any ossific de- 
posit the horse could noUiave been out a day’s hunting without the lameness 
being discovered. 
James Theaker sworn : I have been groom to Mr. Neale for the last eleven 
years. I remember the horse being purchased in March last, and of his 
putting up a bog-spavin ; the animal was fired by Mr. Chamberlain, and the 
spavin was completely reduced. I never knew the horse to be lame all the 
time Mr. Neale had him. I never saw the appearance of any corns, but I 
think I should if there had been one. I have taken him to be shod several 
times, and I never saw any appearance of a corn, and when Mr. Walker 
fetched him away he was perfectly sound. — Cross-examined : I am the man 
who happened to have the misfortune with the horse on his way to the sta- 
tion, and have been the cause of all this trouble and expense. 
This closed the case for the defence, after which Mr. Smith commented 
with some severity and considerable tact and energy on the evidence ad- 
duced. Having resumed his seat, the Judge summed up shortly, leaving it 
entirely for the jury to say to which party the credit of the evidence was to 
be given. 
The jury retired, and after being absent for about 12 minutes, returned 
with a verdict for the plaintiff for £46. 
MISCELLANEA. 
THE ARAB AND HIS CAMEL. 
The Arab, his country, and his camel, are in wonderful 
harmony with each other. Without the camel, the deserts 
which contain so many tribes of freemen would be uninhabi- 
table, and one can imagine the camel without the Arab as 
little as the Arab without the camel. Its large soft eye looks 
from under its long eyelashes at its master, with an expres- 
sion of recognition which one can hardly doubt is affection. 
He talks to it, and it seems to understand him ; he sings and 
it quickens its steps, reviving him from the fatigues of the w r ay. 
The genuine Arab never beats his camel, he guides it with 
his voice, or with a light wand touching one ear or the other 
to make it turn to the right or the left, or gently tapping it 
on the crown of the head, which it instantly lowers, and 
breaks into an amble ; or if he wishes it to go still quicker, 
he presses its shoulder with his bare heel. — Hamilton’s Wan- 
derings in the Wilderness . 
