94 POPULAR SCRIPTURE ZOOLOGY.

was from £17. 28. to’ 218. 15s., and the chariots from
£68. 9s. to £75.

In the 89th chapter of Job we find the following magni-
ficent and unrivalled description of the horse :—“ Hast thou
given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with
thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as s grasshopper P
The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley,
and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the
armed men. He mocketh at fear and is not affrighted ;
neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rat-
tleth aguinst him, the glittering spear and the shield. He
swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, neither
believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith
among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar.
off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.” This is
forcible and beautiful even under the disadvantage of trans-
lation, and must be eminently so in the original.

There is a very fine description in Virgil, of which the
following is Sotheby's translation :—

But at the clash of arms, his ear afar
Drinks the deep sound, and vibrates to the war ;
Flames from each nostril roll in gather’d stream,
His quivering limbs with restless motion gleam :