THE BEDOUIX OF THE DESERT 



they sip black bitter coffee and talk about 

 horses. They have great reverence for the 

 owner of a celebrated mare, and when such a 

 man enters a tent, those present rise, not in 

 honor of him, but of the mare. Wars are 

 commonly started with another tribe to get 

 possession of a mare whose blood they want. 



Camels for the Royal Daughters. 



I do not think the Bedouin is much of a 

 horseman, aside from being a great rider. He 

 is kind, and has much patience, but his horse- 

 shoeing, which is the most aAvful in the world, 

 proves he isn't a real horseman. 



[ -^3 ] 



