28 The Arab Horse 



tunately, out of print, and copies ex- 

 tremely difficult to obtain. 



Lady Anne Blunt also wrote two books 

 of absorbing interest, "The Bedouin 

 Tribes of the Euphrates," a journal of her 

 first journey, and the "Pilgrimage to 

 Nejd," the story of the second. No one 

 can read these books without being im- 

 pressed with the veracity and intelligence 

 of the writers. Weatherbey & Sons, 

 publishers of the "General Stud Book," say 

 that they consider Mr. Wilfrid S. Blunt 

 and Lady Anne Blunt the foremost living 

 authorities on Arab horses. On these 

 sources of information the present writing 

 in large measure depends, wherever 

 they touch the matter in hand. 



Some of the individuals met by Upton 

 and the Blunts were most interesting 

 personages. Their introduction to the 

 reader will help him to appreciate the 

 sources of information, and the sur- 

 roundings whence came many very great 

 mares and stallions. 



The Anazah Bedouins have always been 



