IS INFLAMMATION AND RUPTURE OF THE LIVER. 
us, that, u 1650 years before the Christian era, Sesostris, king of 
Egypt, possessed 24,000 cavalry and 27,000 armed chariots 
yet, to what country they were indebted for them history does not 
inform us : all their records are lost; and, of the vast library of 
Thebes, not a volume remains to instruct us on the subject. 
Arabia certainly possessed horses in the highest perfection in 
the days of the author of the book of Job, who was an inhabitant 
of the very spot, and who, at that early time, when the animal 
creation possessed much of its primitive excellence, composed 
that sublime description of the horse # . Job was reckoned by 
Dr. Owen as contemporary with Abraham; whilst Philo, Aris- 
teas, and Polyhiston, and a great many of the Fathers, agree in 
supposing him to have been one of the ancient kings of Edom, 
and third in descent from Esau; therefore Arabia must have had 
horses at a very early period of the world. 
The original language of the book of Job is Hebrew blended 
with Arabic, which is acknowledged to be the pure old gramma¬ 
tical Arabic : “ this was the dialect of the Hebrews, and, by the 
people of the east, was accounted the richest, most energetic, and 
copious language in the world, being taught in their schools, as 
Greek and Latin are amongst Europeans f.” 
From these facts, it is apparent that Arabia possessed horses 
of a very superior kind, at a very early period ; and that from 
them, and by the mediation of the Barbs, either directly or indi¬ 
rectly, have originated the finest and best horses in the four quar¬ 
ters of the globe. 
[To be continued.] 
We beg leave to refer Mr. Karkeek and our readers to our 
notice of the “ Farmer's Series,” in the present number. It con¬ 
tains, we think, a more probable account of the origin of the 
horse. 
INFLAMMATION AND RUPTURE OF THE LIVER. 
By Mr. Palmer, Crown Street , Soho. 
Nov. 30.—An aged brown coach-horse was brought to my 
forge about twelve in the day: the owner accompanied him, and 
wished him to lose a little blood, as he was informed by his 
coachman that he had not eaten his corn the night before, nor 
* Job, chap, xxxix, ver. 19th to 25th. 
f Adams's Universal History. 
