MY QUEST OF THE ARAB HORSE 



with soldiers escorting our carriages. Then 

 we were taken back to our boat, joined by all 

 of the Governor's staff who wanted to see and 

 inspect the horses and mares. 



From Latakia to Naples, the trip, so far 

 as the horses were concerned, was an unevent • 

 ful one. We had ample opportunity to re- 

 cover from the strain of the last days spent 

 between the desert and Alexandretta and es- 

 pecially from the wear and tear of the shipping 

 of the horses at the latter port. Early on that 

 day I had nearly succumbed to the heat and 

 was obliged to go on to the steamer. Moore 

 had very nearly recovered from his sharp at- 

 tack of fever, but was still weak, and a great 

 deal of the actual work fell upon Thompson. 



Active and strong as he was, he must, how- 

 ever, have received in his system some germs of 

 the pernicious fever which one always finds in 

 Alexandretta. He was in perfect health at 

 the time and kept in perfect health until late 

 in the fall of last year (1908), when he was 

 attacked with a sudden fever, the symptoms 

 of which indicated that he must have first been 

 inoculated with it in Alexandretta. I regret 

 deeply to add that the attack was fatal and 

 that our companion of the desert passed away 



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