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ferent ; the Bicharieli is then at home, its legs almost ambling are 

 thrown out with boldness and suppleness at the same time, and its 

 feet are put down so lightly that the motion felt bj the rider is far 

 less rude or rough than that felt on a trotting horse. 



The Bicharieh at the pace can only make about three miles an hour ; 

 its best gaits are the short and full trot, and with these its swiftness can 

 be varied. They gallop also, but only for a short time, audit is not a 

 gait supportable either by the dromedary or his rider. 



In mounting a Nomanieh, the halter, which serves as a bridle, is 

 always slackened. On the contrary, when a Bicharieh is mounted, 

 the halter around the neck is drawn tight, and the zeoman (a cord 

 fastened to a ring, H. C. W,) through the left nostril is also slightly 

 tightened, which gives support to both the rider and the animal, and 

 by making the dromedary carry his head up gives him a high spirited 

 and mettlesome air, which the Nomanieh never has. 



Besides these two principal breeds of which I have been treating, 

 there are several others in Arabia and in Africa, in the desert between 

 the Nile and the Red sea, which perhaps are less celebrated, though 

 they produce also excellent animals, but in small numbers. 



I think the Nomanieh dromedary would be less likely to succeed in 

 America than the Bicharieh, as the country in Africa in which this 

 last breed is found seems to me to be more analogous to that in 

 America where it is intended to use them, than the country of the 

 Nomanieh. For this reason I will treat more of the Bicharieh. 



Among the Bicharieh Arabs the dromedaries of the different small 

 tribes composing the great tribe are not equally esteemed. 



I will mention those I prefer, which are the most 

 celebrated, and I will give also the mark of each of 

 the tribes possessing the best animals. This mark is 

 burned upon the animal with a red hot iron. 



All the dromedaries of a Bicharieh tribe have the 

 -. I mark called akal upon the right fore leg. This, 



^'"~-~ — V I without exception. In addition, each small tribe has 



' ' its own particular mark. 



The best breeds of the Bicharieh are the Ammada- 

 bieh, the Maliomed hourahieh, the Amitirah and the 

 Balgah. 



Among the Ababdieh Arabs, "which are found to 

 the north of the Bicharieh towards Cosier and called 

 Achah, are seen dromedaries of the best stock of the 

 Bicharieh, and as highly esteemed as the pure Bic- 

 harieh breed ; they are, however, rare. 



Among the 3Ienacir Arabs, a tribe now separated 

 from the Bicharieh, are found also very fine dromedaries. The*e Arabs 

 live in the desert between Coroscos and Abou Ahmed towards the 

 west, near the Nile. 



Among the Maliazi Arabs, who occupy the desert between the Nile 

 and the Red sea, from Cosier to Suez and Cairo, are also found good 

 dromedaries. 



And finally, among the twelve tribes composing that of the Ca- 



