Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-05

of speech was possessed by the horse, but E that he was black: "And when he had opened the third seal I heard the third beast say, Come and sse.' and I beheld, and To, black horse, and he that sat on him had 8 pair of balances in his hand.n The eighth verse reads: "And looked, and behold a pale horse, and his name that sat on him was Death and hell fol- lowed with him. And power was given unto him over the fourth part of the and with death and with the beasts of the earth.''
 We find many passages in the Bible where an Illusion is made to the courage of the horse and his love for the battle The Bible tells us that the hardness of the hoof i IS reekoned among one of the best qualities of the horse. In Micah, fourth chapter P.nd thirteenth verse, tArise. and thresh, O daughters of Zion, for I will make tnine horn iron, and will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many people," In the thanksgiving suug by Deborah and Barah, after the death of Sise- r., 'fThen were the horse hoofs broken by Z the means of the prancings, the prancinRs of their mighty ones." Wood says that this was scornful allusion to the inferiority of the enemy's horses, inasmuch as the hoofs of the best horses should be like flint, and not broken by the prancings.
 The horse was used, as we find from the
 
 the chariots and to thresh out the grain. The knowledge we get of the horse from the Bible is very meager, and perhaps the reason for this is because we find from the one hun } dred and forty-seyenth Psalms that the Lord delighteth not in the strength of the horse, for the tenth verse reads: "He delighteth not in the strength of the horse; he taketh not pleasure in the legs of man.i We learn from the ninth verse of the thir- ty-second Psalms of David that the horse, as well as his half brother, the mule, was not Considered wise, for the verse reads: 'Be ye not as the horse or as the mule, which have no understanding; whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee" We also see from the same verse that at that time the ancients used the bit and the bridle.
 According to Birch the horse or stallion WAS called htar, if that indeed does not mean the pair or yoke of the chariot, as the two horses only bore one name. The name of the female horse was Ses nut, the last word ei- ther expressing ssmother," like the English "mare," or the plural, and is Semitic, being the same as the Hebrew sus-im. It does not appear in the monuments till the time of the eighteenth dynasty, and after that was an important and highly esteemed animal. Prior to the Shepherd invasion the ass was used for the purpose of transport, but there is no representation of it's being ridden as- tride, although prior to the invention of chariots kind of seat or billion was occa- sionally used on it's back. Camerarius pro- fesses to unite all the perfections which a horse ought to possess. It must have three parts like those of woman. The breast must be broad. the hips round and the mane long. It must in three things resemble lion; its countenance must be fierce, its courage must be great and it's fury irresisti- ble. It must have three things belonging to the sheep; the nose, gentleness and patience. It must have three of the deer; head, legs and skin. It must have three of wolf; throat, neck and hearing. It must have three of fox; ear, tail and trot. Three of 8 serpent; memory, sight and hexibility; and lastly three of hare; running, walking and perseverance. With 50 many threes of kind the horse cannot help but draw.
 PEaHAIT