244 Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates, [en. xxvni. 



the subject altogether. Mr. Palgrave, in his con- 

 tempt of all things Bedouin, disposes of the Anazeli 

 horses in a few sentences, which reveal his little 

 ac(|uaintance with his subject, and repeats a fan- 

 tastic account of the Royal Stables at Riad and 

 the tale of a distinct Nejdean breed existing there, a 

 talc which so far as I could learn no Bedouin north 

 of Jebel Shammar believes a word of. Mr. Palo-rave 

 must have been deceived on this point by tlie towns- 

 men of Riad, for the northern Bedouins know Ibn 

 Saoud perfectly by name and know of his mares. 

 But they all assert that the Riad stud is quite a 

 modern collection, got together by Feysul and ac- 

 quired principally from themselves. Abdallah- 

 il)n-Feysul-ibn-Saoud still sends to the Anazeh 

 for additions to it from time to time ; and I know 

 of one instance in which he sent four mares from 

 Riad as far as Aleppo to a celebrated horse standing 

 there. 



General Daumas's book on the horses of the 

 Sahara does not do more than touch on those of 

 Araljia ; and, with the exception of an Italian work 

 which I have heard of, but which is out of print, I 

 know of nothing on the subject better than Captain 

 Upton's pamphlet called " Newmarket and Arabia.'' 

 This, with some really interesting facts and generally 

 correct notions, is but a sketch taken from informa- 

 tion gained at second hand. The pamphlet, as far 

 iis it relates to Arabia, consists mainly of a discussion 

 as to Avhat sort of horse it was Noah took with him 



