Part 4

ABD-EL-KADER ON THE ARAB HORSE 178

Examples of endurance.—Reasons for early training.—High price of mares.—Genealogical registers.—Identity of the Arab and the Barb.—General instructions.—Draught horses.

THE WAR HORSE 185

His form and qualities.

PART THE SECOND.

THE MANNERS OF THE DESERT.

THE EMIR ABD-EL-KADER ON THE HORSE 189

The Arab horse derives his character from his Arab master.

THE SAHARA, BY ABD-EL-KADER 191

A poem of the Emir.

THE RAZZIA 196

Three kinds of razzia: the Tehha, the Khrotefa, the Terbigue.—Episodes.—Popular chaunt.—The combat.—Circumstantial details.

THE KHRIANA, OR THEFT 206

Horse, camel, and sheep stealing.—Superstitions.—Ludicrous details.

WAR BETWEEN DESERT TRIBES 214

Motives for hostilities.—Proclamation of war.—Summoning allies.—Departure.—A war chaunt.—Amorous intrigues.—Thefts. —Scouts.—Preliminaries of peace.—Saharene diplomacy.—Conclusion of peace.—Hostilities.—The eve of battle.—Challenges.—War cries.—The battle.—Defeat.—Victory.—Anecdotes.

Remarks by the Emir Abd-el Kader 234

Lamentations of an Arab warrior.

USAGES OF WAR 236

Distribution of the plunder.—The chief.—Loan of a horse.—Female spectators of the battle.—Apologue.—The marabouts.

Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader 241

The horse of noble race.—Victors and the vanquished.

OSTRICH HUNTING 243

On horseback.—Details of the excursion.—From an ambush.—Habits of the ostrich.—Laying and hatching.

GAZELLE HUNTING 259

On horseback.—Habits of the gazelle.

THE GREYHOUND 264

Respect shown to it.—Characteristic details.