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of his being indebted to her for his preservation. 

 The abduction of this celebrated mare gave rise to 

 a feud between the tribes, in which several hundred 

 Arabs lost their lives ; and she participated in most 

 of Bou Maza's daring exploits which made his 

 name so terrible to those tribes who had submitted 

 to the French. 



In breeding, the Arabs pay much more attention 

 to the caste and blood of the dam than to the sire, 

 whereas we are too prone to expect good produce 

 from any kind of a mare provided the horse is a 

 thorough-bred, which is a great mistake. I believe 

 the finest breed of horses in the world would be 

 produced by coupling our thorough-bred English 

 mares with Arab stallions of pure blood, as 

 what we might lose in size we should gain in 

 endurance. 



Perhaps the following impromptu method, by 

 which I entirely conquered and subdued one of 

 the most desperate characters I ever met with 

 amongst Arab horses, might again be resorted to. 



After a sojourn of several months in the hos- 

 pital I was pronounced convalescent, and allowed 



