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the light vehicles of the rich, and the stately carriages of 
the great. 
The Horse is now bred in most parts of the world : 
those of Arabia, Turkey, and Persia are accounted better 
proportioned than many others; but the English Race- 
Horse may justly claim the precedence over all the other 
European breeds, and he is not inferior to any of the rest 
in point of strength and symmetry. 
The beautiful Horses produced in Arabia are in general 
of a brown colour ; their mane and tail are very short, with 
the hair black and tufted. The Arabs for the most part 
use the Mares in their ordinary excursions ; experience 
having taught them that they are less vicious than the 
males, and more capable of sustaining abstinence and 
fatigue. As the Arabs have no other residence than a 
tent, this also serves for a stable; the husband, the wife, 
the child, the Mare, and the Foal, lie together indiscrimi- 
nately, and the youngest branches of the family may be 
often seen embracing the neck, or reposing on the body of 
the Mare, without any idea of fear or danger. 
Of the remarkable attachment which the Arabs have to 
these animals, St. Pierre has given an affecting instance 
in his Studies of Nature. "The whole stock of a poor 
Arabian of the desert consisted of a beautiful Mare : this 
the French consul at Said offered to purchase, with an 
intention to send her to Louis XIV. The Arab, pressed 
by want, hesitated a long time, but at length consented, 
on condition of receiving a very considerable sum of 
money, which he named. The consul wrote to France 
for permission to close the bargain ; and, having obtained 
it, sent the information to the Arab. The man, so indi- 
gent as to possess only a miserable covering for his body, 
arrived with his magnificent courser : he dismounted, and 
first looking at the gold, then steadfastly at his Mare, 
heaved a sigh. 'To whom is it,' exclaimed he, ' that I 
am going to yield thee up ? To Europeans ! who will tie 
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