Could e'er Apello so give birth to cheer, So long, and justly too, the favored one of fame! RIDDLE NO. II. I AM but small, yet when entire, I once have saved all human kind. LAURA. NAMES OF PLACES IN MAINE, ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED. 1. A color and a shrub. 2. To consecrate and a measure of cloth. 3. A river in Italy and a term applied to a region or country. 8. An animal and a term applied to diversion. S. T. R. Please resolve these, each into a proper name found in Scripture, and tell the chapter and verse where the name is found. C. C. S. CHARADE NO. VII. FORWARDS, backwards, read my name, THE ARABIAN HORSE. HE horses of the Arabs are well known to be the finest in the world. In no country are horses more esteemed, and in none are their capacities more thoroughly developed, than in Arabia. Horses the most generous, swift, and persevering are found, though not in great numbers, in the deserts of that country; and the natives use every stratagem to take them. Although active and beautiful, they are not so large as those bred up tame. They are of a brown color, their mane and tail very short, and the hair black and tufted. Their swiftness is almost incredible. An attempt to pursue them, in the usual manner of the chase, would be entirely fruitless. Such is the rapidity of their flight, that they are instantly out of view, and the dogs themselves give up the vain. pursuit. The only method, therefore, of taking them, is by traps, hidden in the sand, which, entangling their feet, the hunter soon comes up, and either kills or carries them home alive. One method of trying their swiftness is by hunting the ostrichthe horse being the only animal whose speed is comparable to this creature, which is found in the sandy plains with which this country abounds. The instant the ostrich sees itself aimed at, it makes to the mountains, while the horseman pursues with all possible swiftness, endeavoring to cut off its retreat. The chase then continues along the plain, the ostrich making use of both legs and wings to assist its motion. A horse of first-rate speed is, however, - able to outrun it; so that the poor animal is then obliged, by frequent turns, to endeavor to elude the hunter. At length, finding escape hopeless, it hides its head wherever it can, and tamely suffers itself to be taken. If the horse, in a trial of this kind, shows great speed, and is not readily tired, his price becomes proportionably great; and there are some horses valued at seven or eight thousand dollars. There is scarce an Arabian, however poor, but is provided with his horse. They, in general, make use of males in their ordinary excursions, experience having taught them that these support fatigue, thirst, and hunger better than the females; and they are also less noisy and vicious; nor are they so apt to kick or hurt each other, but remain whole days together without doing the least mischief. The Arabian resides in a tent, which also serves him for a stable; so that the mare, the colt, the husband, the wife, and the children, all lie together indiscriminately, like the cow and pig with the Irish laborer. The Arabians never beat their horses: they treat them gently, speak to them, and seem to hold discourse. They use them as friends, never attempting to increase their speed by the whip, nor spurring them but in cases of necessity. However, when this occurs, they set off with amazing swiftness; leap over obstacles with as much agility as a buck; and if the rider happens to fall, are so manageable that they stand still in the midst of their most rapid career. The Arabian children may often be seen sporting on ARABIAN HORSES AND THEIR PLAYMATES. the neck or back of the family mare, while she is lying down. She does not manifest dislike to their gambols, but, on the contrary, |