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stroke and his cover. In the honours of relationship, Zaluak 
reckons Lalaack, sire of Mahat, sire of Kallack, and the 
unique Alket, sire of Manasseth, sire of Alsheh, father of 
the race down to the famous horse, the sire of Lahalala;— 
and to him he ever abundance of green meat, and corn, and 
water of life, as a reward from the tribe of Zazhalah, for 
the fire of his cover; and many a thousand branches shade 
his carcass, from the hysena of the tomb, from the howling 
wolf of the desert ; and let the tribe of Zazhalah present 
him with a festival within an enclosure of walls, and let 
thousands assemble at the rising of the sun, in troops, 
hastily, where the tribe holds up under a canopy of celestial 
signs within the walls ; the saddle, with the name and 
family of the possessors. Then let them strike the hands 
with a loud noise incessantly, and pray to God for immunity 
for the tribe of Zoab, the inspired tribe.” 
The Arabs have a breed of horses which they pretend is 
descended from the stud of King Solomon ; but this, of 
course, is not the case ; at all events, exceedingly unlikely. 
The Persian, Tartar, and Turkish horses are all somewhat 
similar to the Arabian, but not so perfect in their symmetry. 
THE PERSIAN HORSE. 
From the most remote ages Persia has been famous for 
its breed o£ horses, which even now are only excelled by the 
Arabian breed. The former, however, were noted for their 
excellence long before we have any account of the latter. 
The Persian horse is considerably larger than the Arabian. 
The neck is beautifully arched, with a finely-formed crupper, 
and the whole frame more developed. We are informed by 
historians that Alexander the Great considered a Persian 
horse as a gift of the highest value ; it was one which he 
only bestowed on potentates, and favourites of the first class. 
