MY QUEST OF THE ARAB HORSE 



for Haffez. When I asked if she was "Chub- 

 by," the Bedoum smiled, and almost laughed, 

 when he said "Kehilan Ajuz," which is equiva- 

 lent to saying, "Rather, she's the dam of all 

 that is chubby." 



A Gomussa Bedouin of the Sabba Anezeh, showing the artistic 

 tattooing at the corners of his eyes and the braids called the 

 "love locks." 



She was a picture, though she had no jibbah, 

 or bulging forehead. On the contrary her 

 forehead was as flat as a board, but her eyes 

 were far apart and set in the peculiar Japanese 

 slant. They were turned up at the outer cor- 

 ners like those of a chorus-girl with a 1907 



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