II 8 THE HISTORY AMD ART 



beian blood, either on the male or female fide, which, 

 neverthelefs, is deemed noble, but mlfaUied. 



The third, and laft divifion, is made up of the com- 

 mon and ordinary horfes, which are fold at a low 

 price, while thofe of the firft and fecond clafs (among 

 the latter of which fomc are to be found equal to thofc 

 of the firft) command exceflive fums of money, when 

 fought in purchafe. 



horfe which he bought of hhn, and he affirmed to be Monaki Shaduhi *} 

 but he was not fatisfied with this, but defired the teftimony of the 

 Arabs, who bred the horfc, and knew how he came to Sheikh Morad, 

 wliereupon there appeared certain Arabs of repute, whofe names are 

 undermentioned ; who teftified and declared, that the grey horfe which 

 the conful formerly bought of Sheikh Morad, is Monaki Shaduki, 

 of the pure race of horfes, purer than milk -j; and that the begin- 

 ning of the affair was, that Sheikh Saleh, Sheikh of Alfabal, bought 

 him of the Arabs, of the tribe of al Mohammadat, and Sheikh Saleh 

 fold him to Sheikh Morad Ebn al Hajj Abdullah, Sheikh of Safad, 

 and Sheikh Morad fold him to the conful aforefaid ; when thefe mat- 

 ters appeared to us, and the contents were known, the faid gentle- 

 man defired a certificate thereof, and teftimony of the witnefles ; 

 whereupon we wrote him this certificate, for him to keep as a proof 

 thereof. Dated Friday, 28 of the latter Rabi, in the year 1 135 :]:. 



WitnelTes. Sheikh Jumat al Falibau of the Arabs 



of al Mohammadat. 

 Ali Ebn Taleb al Kaabi. 

 Ibrahim, his brother. 

 Mohammed al Adhra Sheikh Alfarifat, 

 Khamis al Kaabi. 



* Thefe are the- names of the two breeds of Arab horfes, which are' reckoned 

 pure and true ;' and thofe which are of both thefe breeds by father and motlier are 

 tbc moft noble and free from baftardy. 



.f A proverbial exprefTion. f /. ^. 29 January, 1722. 



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