. The Arabian horse, his country and people : with portraits of typical or famous Arabians and other illustrations. Also a map of the country of the Arabian horse, and a descriptive glossary of Arabic words and proper names. drawers ; and the horses nobridles. Not to Sfo back to religion, the other two counts are still true. I40 THE BREEDERS OF THE ARABIAN. BOOK II. Gladly as the Bad-u will pull on a pair of short breeches before mounting fora serious excursion, on other occasions he holds it but a town fashion to partthe two shanks by stuffing them into separate bags or cases. A girdle of lea
. The Arabian horse, his country and people : with portraits of typical or famous Arabians and other illustrations. Also a map of the country of the Arabian horse, and a descriptive glossary of Arabic words and proper names. drawers ; and the horses nobridles. Not to Sfo back to religion, the other two counts are still true. I40 THE BREEDERS OF THE ARABIAN. BOOK II. Gladly as the Bad-u will pull on a pair of short breeches before mounting fora serious excursion, on other occasions he holds it but a town fashion to partthe two shanks by stuffing them into separate bags or cases. A girdle of leatherthongs, called sabta, is laced round the naked loins, to support the back : and overthis falls the only garment, the ka-mts, or tkattb, of calico—a decent smock : thesleeves long and wide, with birds-wing-like endings handy for many uses; the bodyreaching to the heels. This is not the drapery in which to turn and wind a fieryPeo-asus. The inconvenience of it, and the absence of stirrups, may have some-thing to do with the Bad-us preference of the arm-chair pace of cantering to therougher motion of trotting. Next let us speak of the Bedouin saddlery. The following illustration exhibitsthe characteristic bridle :. Riding-Halter, or rash-ma .? including (i) rash-ma proper, or (iron) nose chain; (2) f-dhdr, or head stall; and (3) i-a-san, the rope or rein. The above is simplicity at its highest. When the coast is clear, it is consideredsufficient; but the Bad-u carries a rusty iron at his saddle-bow, and slips it into his CHAP. III. OF THE BEDOUIN AS HORSE-BREEDERS. 141 mares mouth on occasions resemblinof those which suo-o-est to us the tiehtenlno-of the girths and the shortening of the stirrups. The saddle, of which also we here introduce a sketch, well suits the bridle :
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