 | Massachusetts - Massachusetts - 1861 - 970 pages
...for information respecting the Arabian horse, and received the following account of his origin : " When God wished to create the horse, He said to the...south wind, ' I wish to form a creature out of thee, be thou condensed,' and the wind was condensed. And God formed a chestnut horse, saying, ' I have called... | |
 | Massachusetts Agricultural College - Agricultural education - 1861 - 608 pages
...for information respecting the Arabian horse, and received the following account of his origin : " When God wished to create the horse, He said to the south wind, ' I wish to form a creature out of tliee, be thou condensed,' and the wind was condensed. And God formed a chestnut horse, saying, ' I... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1867 - 752 pages
...EXPERIENCE IN THE ARMY. BY COLONEL SAMUEL IÏIXGWALT, OP DOWNIXOTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. ORIGIN AXD USEFtriATESS. THE attachment of the Arabs to the horse has led their...fanciful theory: "When God wished to create the horse, lie said to the south wind, ' I wish to form a creature out of thee — bo thou condensed!' Afterward... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1867 - 770 pages
...EXPERIENCE IN THE ARMY. BY COLONEL SAMUEL KING WALT, OP DOWXIXBTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. ORIGIN AXD USEFULÏÏESS. THE attachment of the Arabs to the horse has led their...about the Arabian horse, thus described this fanciful theorv: "When God wished to create the horse, he said to the south wind, 'I wish to form a creature... | |
 | New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1875 - 526 pages
...as Adam was with the earth. This is indisputable, and many prophets have proclaimed the following : When God wished to create the horse, he said to the...south wind, I wish to form a creature out of thee, be thou condensed ; afterwards came the angel Gabriel and took a handful of that matter and presented... | |
 | New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1875 - 528 pages
...as Adam was with the earth. This is indisputable, and many prophets have proclaimed the following: When God wished to create the horse, he said to the...south wind, I wish to form a creature out of thee, be thou condensed ; afterwards came the angel Gabriel and took a handful of that matter and presented... | |
 | Joseph Cochran - Mifflin County (Pa.) - 1879 - 452 pages
...antiquity. When asked for tl»e origin of his noble steed, Abdul-Kadir, the Arab chief, replied : " When God wished to create the horse. He said to the...south wind, ' I wish to form a creature out of thee; be thou condensed.' Afterwards came the angel Gabriel, and took a handful of that matter, and presented... | |
 | History - 1993 - 596 pages
...makes it turbid and frothy with its hoofs. The following story is told of the creation of the horse: When God wished to create the horse, he said to the south wind : I will make a living being out of thee, collect thyself! He then caused Gabriel to take a handful of... | |
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THE attachment of the Arabs to the horse has led their prophets to invent a fabulous account of his creation, which poetically expresses their admiration of this useful animal. Abd-el-Kader, in reply to the inquiries of the French government about the... 