ARABIAN HORSES.
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Translated from the De Lamartine, for the Atlas.


One must sec the stable of Damascus, or those
OF me 'emir Beschir, to have correct idea OF an
ARABIAN horse. This superb and graceful animal
loses his beauty, his gentleness and his pictu-
rescue hgure, when he is taken from his native
and accustomed habits, and brought to our cold
climate, and the shade and solitude of our sta
bles. lie must be seen at the door of the tent
OF the Arab OF the desert, his head between his
legs, tossing his long black name, and brushing
his sides, shining like copper or silver, with his
long tail, whose extremity is always tinged with
henna: he must be seen decked with brilliant
housings trimmed with gold and embroidered with
pearls; his head covered with net of blue or
red silk, woven with gold or silver and edged
with tinkling points which fall from his forehead
over his nostrs, and with which he conceals or
shows at each movement of his neck, his fiery,
large and intelligent eye-ba: he must be seen,
above all. In numbers Of two or three hundred,
some lying in the dust of the court, others fetter-
ed by iron rings and fastened to long cords which
cross these courts, others free upon the sands and
leaplng with one bound over the rows of camels
which stand in their path; some held by young
black slaves, clothed in scarlet vests, the horses
|atleconate putting their heads uponthe shoulders
othese children and some playing together as free
and unconfned as the wild colts of prairie.
standing around, rubbing their heads together, or
mutually licking each others shining and silvery
hair; all looking at US with an uneasy and curious
scrutiny on account Of our European dress and
strange language, but soon becoming familiar, and
coming gently, holding out their necks for us to
stroke. The restless expression of the phys-
ognomy of these horses is perfectly incredible,
till one has seen it for himself. All their feelings
are expressed in their eyes and in the nervous
movement of their mouths and nostrs as dis
tinctly and expressively as upon the countenance
of child.


When we approached them for the first time,
they exhibited as much dislike and curiosity as
man would feel at the sight of all unexpected and
disagreeable object Our language especially as
tonished them, and their ears pricked up and bent
backwards, or thrown forward, showed their sur
prise and uneasiness. | admired especially seve-
raj valuable mares, reserved for the emr himself
offered my interpreter 0,O00 piasters for one of
the handsomest; but an Arab would not sell at
any price mare of the best breed; therefore
was unsuccessful.