THE FEAST WITH THE ANEZEH 



they were more than Hkely to back him up to 

 you so the blemish was the first thing you saw. 



All young horses which were brought, Haf- 

 fez measured from the centre of the knee joint 

 to the hair line of the hoof, and applied that 

 measurement four times in the direction of the 

 horse's withers, to see how much more it would 

 ffrow, if any. While the Bedouins consider a 

 horse over fifteen hands high inferior to one 

 under fifteen hands, I told them that if possi- 

 ble, I wanted to get large animals as people 

 in America preferred size. 



On the second day, a light gray horse colt, 

 four years old, was shown. He had been bred 

 by Sheikh Ali and was a Seglawi Obeyran. 

 His dam was one of the favorite war mares of 

 Hashem Bey and his sire was an Abeyan Sher- 

 rak. Sheikh Ali, Akmet Haffez, Ameene, the 

 interpreter, and myself took seats on the 

 ground and while the other Bedouins kept 

 away from us we bargained for him. 

 Sheikh Ali thought that owing to the 

 animal's distinguished dam he ought to have 

 more money than Haffez was willing to pay. 

 I was afraid that Haffez was drawing a line 

 so fine that we would make enemies in the 

 desert, where I wanted only friends. After a 



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