THE BEDOUIN OF THE DESERT 



he said that he followed it himself. He told 

 me that for years he had been in the habit of 

 picking out, as the most likely of his colts and 

 fiUies, those which had the best heads, and he 

 added that he had seldom been deceived. The 

 heads showed better than the heels of what stuff 

 the youngsters were made. 



I found out from observation and experi- 

 ence, that whatever the Bedouin tells one about 

 his horse, and of the horse's character, you 

 generally find to be true. I had no oppor- 

 tunity of judging the truth of the statement, 

 that when they are in war for three days the 

 horse is better on the third day than on the 

 first, but I did see that on the third day a small 

 Abeyeh Sherrakieh mare, carrying Arthur 

 Moore and his weight, carried him easier than 

 she did on the first day. 



In looking back at that summer trip in the 

 desert I should say that we learned more than 

 anything else to take things as they come. Of 

 course we could not have done otherwise, but 

 at least we learned not to complain — too 

 much. In our general American life we com- 

 plain if we are asked to eat off a table-cloth 

 which has once been used. We rather object 

 to drinking from a glass of water if another 



[ 245 ] 



