76 STORIES ABOUT HORSES.

“That was very droll, Uncle Thomas !”

‘¢ Another instance, somewhat of the same
kind, occurred in the neighbourhood of Edin-
burgh. Some squadrons of the Scots Greys
being out for exercise, the trumpets were ordered
to sound a halt, when a horse which was drag-
ging a cart of sand happened to be passing,
pricked up his ears, gave a loud neigh, and
rushed into the middle of one of the troops,
where he quietly took up his station, to the no
small annoyance of those in his immediate
neighbourhood. The unfortunate carter was
immediately assailed by the adjutant for his
carelessness ; but the poor man protested that
he could not help it, as the horse had made an
instantaneous bolt from him, dragging the halter
out of his hands. He informed the adjutant,
that he supposed his horse had taken the troops
in question for some old comrades, as he had,
about two years before, bought him at a sale of
cast dragoon horses.

“There is another story, Boys, which also