. Domesticated animals, their relation to man and to his advancement in civilization;. Domestic animals. THE HORSE 67 in a singularly definite way to all civilized folk. The origin of such a prejudice, despite the fact that the fiesh of the horse is of excellent quality, can only be explained through the sympathetic motives conimon to all men. Their associa- tion with the horse, as with the doof, is so intimate as to make the use of these animals in the form of food more or less repugnant. In a small though unimportant way, mares have been used for milk, and there seems no reason to doubt that
. Domesticated animals, their relation to man and to his advancement in civilization;. Domestic animals. THE HORSE 67 in a singularly definite way to all civilized folk. The origin of such a prejudice, despite the fact that the fiesh of the horse is of excellent quality, can only be explained through the sympathetic motives conimon to all men. Their associa- tion with the horse, as with the doof, is so intimate as to make the use of these animals in the form of food more or less repugnant. In a small though unimportant way, mares have been used for milk, and there seems no reason to doubt that, if they had , been care- fully bred for this pur- pose, they miorht have been as ser- viceable as the cow. It may be that the failure to use the milk of the horse is to be accounted for on the same ground as the dislike to its flesh. The horse was probably at first most valued for its use in war. The peoples which possessed it certainly had a great advantage over their less well provided neighbors. In fact the development of the military art, as distinguished from the mere fighting of savages, was made easy by the strength, endurance, fleetness, and measure of bravery characterizing this creature. In the wide range of species which have been domesticated or might be won to companionship with man, there is none other which so completely supplements the. Horse of a Bulgarian Marauder. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate, 1841-1906. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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