COMMON HORSE. 
the dat noted wiieir it was brought forth. These 
attestations increase the value of the horse ; and 
they are given to the person who buys him. The 
most ordinary mare of this race sells for five hun- 
dred crowns ; there are many that sell for a thou- 
sand ; and some of the very hnest for fourteen or 
fifteen hundred pounds. As the Arabians have 
no other house but, a tent to live in, this also serves 
them fbr a stable ; so that the mare, the foal, the 
husband, the wife, and the children, lie all toge- 
ther indiscriminately * the little children are often 
seen upon the. body or the neck of the mare, while 
these continue inoffensive and harmless, permitting 
them thus- to play with and caress them without 
tmy injury. The Arabians never beat their horses : 
they treat them gently; they speak to them, and 
ieem to hold a discourse ; they use them as friends ; 
they never attempt to increase their speed by the 
whip, nor spur them but in case’s of necessity. 
However, when this happens, they set off with 
amazing swiftness ; they leap over obstacles with 
as much agility as a buck ; and, if the rider hap- 
pens to fall, they are so manageable that they 
stand still in the midst of their most rapid career. 
The Arabian horses are of a middle size, easy in 
their motions, and rather inclined to leanness than 
fat. They are regularly dressed every morning 
and evening, and with such care, that not the 
smallest roughness is left upon their skins. They 
wash the legs, the" mane- and the tail, which they 
never cut ; and which they seldom comb, lest they 
should thin the hair. They give them nothing 
to eat during the day ; they only give them to drink 
once or twice ; and at sun-set they hang* a bag to 
their heads, in which there is about half a bushel 
of clean barley. They continue eating the whole 
night, and the bag is again taken away the next 
morning. They are turned out to pasture in the 
