. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. on weak and puny ; F"inally Obstacles to Le.\p the place of the queen's sedan chair, \ and to spare her the annoyance of ri(hng ]ji]li(jn behind her grand equerry. In France we find mention of the fii'st coaches for hire in 1550. Thus it a]> ]")ears that \'ehirles began to take the place of equestrian- ism in all countries at about the same period, — a period correspond- ing to that of a reform in the intellectual woi'ltl
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. on weak and puny ; F"inally Obstacles to Le.\p the place of the queen's sedan chair, \ and to spare her the annoyance of ri(hng ]ji]li(jn behind her grand equerry. In France we find mention of the fii'st coaches for hire in 1550. Thus it a]> ]")ears that \'ehirles began to take the place of equestrian- ism in all countries at about the same period, — a period correspond- ing to that of a reform in the intellectual woi'ltl. Chariots of war were known to antiquity. When Julius '"^^ ' "^i^_ '-^ Cxsai conquered Britain in 55 , he encountered Briton warriors seated in formidable chariots armed matters came to such a pass that the warrior with scythes fixed to the wheels. Even in Rome princes found themselves forced to employ the use of vehicles was early known, but none contractors who, for stipulated sums of money, but victors, vestal virgins, and certain author- undertook to procure both men and horses, ities were allowed to use them, and they could The same condition of affairs existed in Spain at nearly the same epoch. The grandees, who formerly mounted their horses to display their prowess with the lance as they had seen it practiced by the Moors, or to fight wild bulls in the arena, now began to imitate the prelates, who were dragged about comfortably in coaches drawn by mules. A Spanish grandee complained of it thus: " Formerly there were brigands who comported themselves like knights and great matadores ; the brigands of the present day are beggars and the matadores ; Philip II, king of Spain, took this matter to heart in 1562. He issued decrees against the breeding of mules and tried to encourage that of Interior of a Rujinc; School Digitized by IVIicrosoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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