BRITISH TURF. 63 



'' In the name of God, the merciful and com- 

 passionate, and of Seyd Mohammed, agent of 

 the High God, and of the companions of Mo- 

 hammed and of Jerusalem. Praised be the 

 Lord, the omnipotent Creator. This is a high 

 bred horse, and its colt's tooth is here in a bag 

 about his neck, with his pedigree, and of un- 

 doubted authority, such as no infidel can refuse 

 to beheve. He is the son of Rabbaing, out of 

 the dam Lahadah, and equal in power to his sire, 

 of the tribe of Zazhalah. He is finely moulded, 

 and made for running like an ostrich, and great 

 in his stroke, covering much ground. In the 

 honors of relationship he reckons Zaluah, sire 

 of Mahat, sire of Kallack, and the unique Alket, 

 sire of Manasseth, sire of Alshek, father of the 

 race down to the famous horse the sire of Laka- 

 lala ; and to him be ever abundance of green 

 meat, and corn and water of life, as a reward 

 from the tribe of Zazhalah, for the fire of his 

 cover ; and may a thousand branches shade his 

 carcase from the hyena of the tomb, from the 

 howling wolf of the desert ; and let the tribe of 

 Zazhalah present him with a festival within an 

 enclosure of walls ; and let thousands assemble 

 at the rising of the sun, in troops, hastily, where 

 the tribe holds up, under a canopy of celestial 

 signs, within the walls, the saddle with the name 

 and family of the possessor. Then let them 



