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day, and fifteen hours the next ; that the horses had 

 a remarkable faculty of finding the way, and that, 

 when riding in a difficult place, if you trusted entirely 

 to your horse, you were almost certain to pass it in 

 safety. 



The Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, describing his 

 journey to Jordan and the Dead Sea, writes (1901) 

 that his chief dragoman was * magnificently mounted,' 

 as also were the four Arabs who were his escort. 

 They put their splendid Arab horses through pretty 

 and skilful performances. 



A recent special correspondent writes in the Land 

 of Arabia — Ararat, that the region was celebrated 

 for its breed of horses, high-spirited, well bred, and 

 noted for great endurance. 



Disraeli writes in one of his letters : ' Hunted 

 the other day, and was the best man in the field, 

 riding an Arabian mare.' They rode much more 

 cruelly in those days. 



