A STORIES ABOUT HORSES.

“ Were horses originally wild, Uncle Tho-
mas P”

“ Certainly, John, like all other creatures
they were created free, and were, with the
others, put by their Creator under the dominion
of man, in the celebrated sentence, ‘ have domi-
nion over the fish of the sea,’ etc., which I dare
say you will recollect, as recorded in the first
chapter of Genesis.”

“ Oh, yes! Uncle Thomas; but are they to
be found in this wild state now ?”

“In some parts of the world they are to be
found in great numbers im a state of wildness,
Frank, but it is very questionable whether in any
place where they are now to be found, they exist
as an original race, but are, as seems most
likely, descended from domesticated animals,
which have from time to time escaped from, or
been turned adrift by their owners. In South
America, for instance, where before the settle-
ment of Europeans the horse was unknown, it
has now multiphed to such an extent, as per-