Epigraph
“A Book which should be in the possession of all
who keep Horses.”
Part the Second
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.
HAWKING 270
Training and rearing.—A hawking expedition.
Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader 272
Four kinds of falcon.—Training.—Hawking.
THE CHACE, BY ABD-EL-KADER 281
Varieties of sport.—The gazelle.—The hyæna.—The
panther.—The lion.
—Different modes of hunting.
THE CAMEL 305
Management of the camel.—Diet.—Usefulness.
THE SHEEP 309
Immense flocks.—Their usefulness in the Sahara.
LIFE IN THE DESERT 313
The villager.—The master of the tent.—Sobriety.—Runners.
—Inventory of a wealthy Arab’s fortune.—His occupations.
—Armourers.—Legislation.—Women’s employments.—Hospitality.
—Mendicants.—Sorcerers.—Magic.
—Religion.
THE ARAB ARISTOCRACY 329
The thorny shrub and the date-tree.—The sherifs.—The
marabouts and the djouad.—A great tent.—The
vendetta.—Examples.—Blood money.—Lex talionis.
—Birth, education, and marriage.—Polygamy.—An Arab
interior.—Amusements.
—Death and funeral rites.