30 The Arab Horse 



the descendant of that Paris in the sixth 

 generation, and inherited the feud that 

 always existed between the Shammar and 

 the Anazah, periodical raids across the 

 river being the consequence, in both 

 directions; the land between the Tigris 

 and Euphrates being considered the home 

 of the Shammar, that between the Eu- 

 phrates and Damascus, and reaching 

 from the neighbourhood of Aleppo far 

 south toward Jebel Shammar, being the 

 pasture lands conceded to the Anazah. 

 The vital importance of protecting these 

 pastures and the necessity for extensive 

 ranges will be understood as we read from 

 Lady Anne Blunt's first book, that she 

 saw together in one place a hundred and 

 fifty thousand camels, besides thousands 

 of sheep and many horses, all the prop- 

 erty of a single tribe of Anazah, the 

 Roala, whose tents covered an area of 

 12 square miles. These great encamp- 

 ments had to be moved every few days 

 because the pasturage was eaten down 

 to the bare ground in very short order 



