Preface xiii 



from a period dating back from 1600 to 

 2000 B. C. 



To know the Arab horse is to love him. 

 Those who, like the author of the present 

 work, are endeavouring to maintain the 

 purity of the original breed, and to es- 

 tablish the value of its qualities, are 

 rendering a substantial, practical, and 

 theoretical service. 



Henry Fairfield Osborn 

 New York, May 16, 1906. 



