. Domesticated animals, their relation to man and to his advancement in civilization;. Domestic animals. 86 DOMESTICATED ANIMALS The very great, if not the preeminent, success of the horse in Arabia is the more remarkable from the fact that it has been attained under conditions which, from an a p7^iori point of view, must be deemed most unfavorable. This variety has been bred in a land of scant herbage and deficient water- supply, where the creature has had from time to time, indeed we may say generally, to endure something of the dearth of. Arabian Sports food which stunts the Indian ponies a
. Domesticated animals, their relation to man and to his advancement in civilization;. Domestic animals. 86 DOMESTICATED ANIMALS The very great, if not the preeminent, success of the horse in Arabia is the more remarkable from the fact that it has been attained under conditions which, from an a p7^iori point of view, must be deemed most unfavorable. This variety has been bred in a land of scant herbage and deficient water- supply, where the creature has had from time to time, indeed we may say generally, to endure something of the dearth of. Arabian Sports food which stunts the Indian ponies and the other horses of the Cordilleran district. The ancestors of the horse appear to have attained their dev^elopment in well-watered and fertile regions. All the varieties bred within the limits of civilization do best on rich pasturages such as Arabia does not afford. The success of the horse in that land shows how devoted must have been the care which has been given to its nurture. Fitting, as the Arabian horse does, exactly to the needs of nomadic people engaged in almost constant warfare, it has. 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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