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Gordon, so greatly lamented, showed that the Egyptians 

 could not be made to face the Arabs, as two thousand 

 of them, armed with Remingtons, were put to ignominious 

 flight by only sixty fierce horsemen of the desert, mounted 

 on the famous Nedj racers, ' swift as the wind and tireless 

 as the wolf.' 



'The English found the Hitle Arabs most useful m 

 Egypt, too, for they alone could stand the work and the 

 long marches without water, and with scanty food, and 

 carrying immense weights.' 



It is in such emergencies that they show their perfection 

 of physical strength, I have no doubt. They are delightful 

 to ride, are they not ? 



' Anyone accustomed to riding a pure - bred Arabian 

 will never ride any other, for there is all the difference 

 between the ordinary English hackney and the Arab that 

 there is between a cart without springs and a rocking-chair. 



*In hunting they surpass every other breed, for they 

 go well to hounds, are natural jumpers, bold fencers, 

 requiring neither whip nor spur. Then they have good 

 tempers, good mouths, easy paces, are fast walkers, trotters 

 or runners, have undoubted soundness of wind and limb, 

 and can travel scores of miles without fatigue. 



