crept in, got to the horse, and crawling under his belly, was found playing and tickling the animal with her fingers. The mother of the child providentially at the moment happened to. pass by, and observing the perilous situation of her little darling, uttered a loud scream, which brought in Mr. Griffin, who very luckily happened to be in the way. Mrs. Griffin was immediately desired to withdraw from the place; the master then approached the horse with the soothing words of "Soho Boy! Soho Boy!" The highspirited anima! knew the voice, and permitted the agonized father to draw the child from under his belly unhurt. Mr. Griffin has since acknowledged, that at that time he expected every moment to witness the dreadful scene H 3

of seeing his infant's brains kicked out, and scattered before him.

Mr. Upton, who communicated the preceding anecdote to the compiler, has commemorated the death of Turk by the following appropriate lines:

Farewel! most noble, yes, and generous horse!
Thy work is done! and now they'll know thy loss:
Form'd to amaze, surprise, delight mankind,
Vain, vain's the hope another TURK to find.
Thy equal lives not-no, for when you fell,
To thee, or like thee, we may say-Farewell!

The diminutive Mare.

A LITTLE mare, about 27 inches high, though between four and five years old, lately brought over from the East Indies, in the Medway, Captain Tinker, as a present to the Duke of Glo

cester, from Captain Douglas, in the East India Company's service, was this day presented to her Majesty by his Royal Highness.

This little animal is remarkably well proportioned, of a dun colour, the hair somewhat resembling that of a young fawn; has fine ears, a quick eye, and a set of exceeding fine teeth, with a handsome long tail, mane, and foretop; her legs differ from the rest of the body in colour, being quite black; she is remarkably good-natured, will suffer herself to be stroaked and played with like a lap-dog; and goes up and down stairs with the greatest familiarity. She was brought from Portsmouth to London in a post-chaise. In coming over from India, for want of her natural food, they were obliged to give her water-gruel, biscuit, &c.

and some time before she arrived in

England, she would eat almost any thing that the seamen lived upon. However, by living thus, in a manner contrary to her nature, she was reduced very low; but by the care which is now taken of her, begins to recover her natural beauty and sleekness of skin. Her food now is chiefly bread and water-gruel, with some grass of the tenderest sort.

It is said, that this little animal was deemed so great a curiosity even in the East Indies, that one of the nabobs offered a thousand pounds for her. Yet there is some reason to believe, that there are as small horses nearer home,-in some of the Scotch islands. At least, in the month of November following, a little black