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civilized and half-civilized Asia, are, however, un- 
rivalled by any in Europe. The skill also of the 
Gauchos in Brazil in subduing wild horses, and 
guiding them in the chase and capture of wild bul- 
locks, is singular in its kind, and the performance of 
the horse in such pursuit is almost as wonderful 
as that of the men. The importance of the horses 
of draught, used in waggons and stage-coaches, ap- 
pears to be in danger of much depreciation, if not 
of annihilation, from the rapid advancement of rail- 
ways and steam-carriages, with tenfold power and 
quadrupled speed. 
The dog has been the familiar companion and 
friend of man from the earliest days of man’s exist- 
ence. Abel had, probably, a dog for his flocks; and 
Nimrod, soon after the deluge, for his hunting. The 
name is first mentioned in Exodus, chap. ii. where 
the Lord says, “ Against any of the children of 
Israel shall not a dog move his tongue.” For a 
detail of his feats and services, I will content myself 
with referring to his biographer Bingley. To how 
many Newfoundland-dogs has Homer’s Argus given 
name? ‘To whom does not that name recall a de- 
lightful remembrance of youth, either the recollec- 
tion of most tender poetry, or of some affectionate, 
though shaggy, playfellow ? The patient ass and 
mule deserve respectful mention; and the camel 
and the lama of Arabia and Peru afford, in their 
peculiar regions, all that is estimable in the’ sheep, 
the cow, and the horse, to the sons of the desert 
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