202 MY HORSE ; MY LOVE 



has been preserved in Arabia for 3500 years.' Mr Upton 

 further says that no written documents exist, but requested 

 that for certain reference, and for his own information, the 

 breeding of certain horses might be committed to writing. 

 The originals were, of course, in Arabic, and were vouched 

 for, and to the pedigree the sheik affixed his seal. The 

 translations are word for word as near as possible 



'Pedigree of a Horse. 



' The following pedigree of an Arabian horse, which was 

 purchased in Egypt during the war against the French, 

 was hung round the neck of the animal. 



' In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate, 

 and of Saed Mohamet, agent of the High God, and of 

 the companions of Mohammed 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 believe. 

 He is the son of Rabbang, out of the dam Labadah, and 

 equal in power to his sire, of the tribe of Zashalah ; he is finely 

 moulded, and made for running like an ostrich. In the 

 honours of relationship he reckons Zaulah, sire of Mahat, 

 the sire of Kullock and the unique Alket, sire of Manasseh, 

 sire of Alsheh, father of the race, down to the famous horse, 

 the sire of Lahalala ; and to him he ever gave abundance 

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

 the tribe of Zashalah, 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 Zashalah present 

 him with a festival within the enclosure of walls ; and let 



