Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates Vol 2 - The Search For Mecca

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the subject altogether. Mr. Palgrave, in his contempt
of all things Bedouin, disposes of the Anazeli
horses in a few sentences, which reveal his little
ac(|uaintance with his subject, and repeats a fantastic
account of the Royal Stables at Riad and
the tale of a distinct Nejdean breed existing there, a
talc which so far as I could learn no Bedouin north
of Jebel Shammar believes a word of.
Mr. Palo-rave
must have been deceived on this point by tlie townsmen
of Riad, for the northern Bedouins know Ibn
Saoud perfectly by name and know of his mares.
But they all assert that the Riad stud is quite a
modern collection, got together by Feysul and acquired
principally from themselves. Abdallahil)n-Feysul-ibn-Saoud
still sends to the Anazeh
for additions to it from time to time ; and I know
of one instance in which he sent four mares from
Riad as far as Aleppo to a celebrated horse standing
there.
General Daumas's book on the horses of the
Sahara does not do more than touch on those of
Araljia ;
and, with the exception of an Italian work
which I have heard of, but which is out of print, I
know of nothing on the subject better than Captain
Upton's pamphlet called " Newmarket and Arabia.''
This, with some really interesting facts and generally
correct notions, is
but a sketch taken from information
gained at second hand. The pamphlet, as far
iis
it relates to Arabia, consists mainly of a discussion
as to Avhat sort of horse it was Noah took with him