and went astray, this faithful creature never once left his unfortunate companion, though he has sometimes conducted him through the gap into the adjoining field: nor did he ever sustain any injury from several deep pits to which he was exposed. This singular instance of sagacity, I had almost said humanity, in a horse, has often struck me with astonishment; and thought I, "Might not this put many to the blush, to whom the Almighty has given more knowledge than to the beasts that perish!"

Pedigree of a Poet's Horse.

YOUNG Pegasus was got by Orontophilus, belonging to the tutelar saint of England, on which he slew the fiery dragon; his dam, Pansophia, that beat

the famous Veni, vidi, vici mare of Julius Cæsar: his grandsire, Bucephalus, his master Alexander of Macedon, who with him beat the globe, and at his death built the city Bucephala, near Hydaspes, to his memory; his grandam Lais, that won immense sums at Corinth; his great grandsire Bellerophontisibus, which Bellerophon run against the Chimerse, and beat hollow; his great grandam Semiramis, that distanced the Persian Cyrus on the plains. of Persepolis; his great great grandsire Bosphorus run against time in the Vice Lactis, but Jupiter betting considerably against him, sent a gad fly to sting him, and threw his rider; his great great grandam, after winning many plates, was the principal hunter in Acteon's stables; his great great great grandsire the off stallion in Phæton's car; his great great great

grandam Avis, that won a flying match against Priam of Troy; his great great great great grandsire Pegasus Volatus generated from the blood of Medusa and for his swifness was made a constellation.

Pegasus æthere summo agitat pinnas et sidere

gaudet.

Sporting Magazine.

The punctual Horse.

SOME years since, an old horse was regularly worked in one of the Royal Dock Yards. This wonderful creature would labour all the morning very diligently till he heard the twelve o'clock bell ring; but after that, nothing could prevail upon him to proceed, till the labourers' dinner hour had expired.

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This animal seemed to be perfectly convinced he had faithfully performed his morning task, and was resolved not to be imposed upon by any of the workmen.

The fatal Horse; written by William
Hayley, Esq. and published by Mr.
Phillips, in his Collection of Ballads.

Or creatures that to man attend,
His pastime or his wealth;
The Horse we cherish as a friend,

To sickness and to health.

Bless them who shield a steed from woe,

By age from toil releas'd!

And hated be the proud, who shew

A wretch once doom'd, though rich and strong,

His faithful horse to bleed,

But tell his fate, my moral song,

For that atrocious deed!

An antient knight of Kentish race ;
Of his athletic frame

Prone to indulge the passions base,
Sir Geoffrin his name.

Against a priest indulg'd his rage,
Who charitably good,

To shield a widow's helpless age,
His avarice withstood.

With abject choler, fierce and hot,
The knight per force would gain,
And blend her little garden-plot
With his superb domain.

The priest, who, on that very ground,
To soothe his wrath would strive,
In frantic passion's fit he bound,
And buried him alive!

The wretch was seiz'd with shame and fear,

Tho' he his crime would boast;

When suddenly he chanc'd to hear,
His king lay off the coast.