AN OLD ARAB 401 



neither rhyme nor reason in the trick. We brand a 

 bronco to mark ownership; these cuts are a mere outcome 

 of silly superstition. 



Here is the counterfeit presentment of an old Arab 

 who belongs to the imperial stables, and who is sent 

 from time to time to the desert to bring back horses. He 

 retains his normal dress and bestrides a fine specimen of 

 a high -type Arabian. Most of the stud -grooms wear a 

 costume as little like an Arab as can be imagined, much 

 ornamented, and handsome enough in its way. The jack- 

 et and leg -gear are the Syrian, and highly wrought in 

 gold. The feet are incased in boots. The fez is worn, 

 as with every one in Turkey, from the Sultan to the 

 sweep. 



