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Country Gentlemen. 



The Arabian Horse: 



His Country and People. With Seven Portraits 

 of typical or famous Arabians, printed in colour, and 

 numerous other Illustrations ; also a Map of the Country 

 of the Arabian Horse, and a Descriptive Glossary of 

 Arabic Words and Proper Names. By Colonel W. 

 TWEEDIE, C.S.I., for many years H.B.M.'s Consul- 

 Qeneral, Baghdad, and Political Besident for the 

 Government of India in Turkish Arabia. 



In One Volume, pp. 450, royal 4to. Price £3, Ss. net. 



Summary of Contents : — Book I. Country of the Arabian : 

 Peninsular Arabia — Exodus of Bedonin out of Najd — SM-mi-ya ; the 

 pastures of the jEniza — Al Ja-zi-ra ; the pasture of the Shammar— 

 Al I'rak ; the country of the Tigris. 



Book II. The Breeders of the Arabian : The horseman makes 

 the horse — Where did Arabs come from ? — Of the Bedouin as horse- 

 breeders— Horse-breeding among the settled Arabs. 



Book III. General View of the Arabian : The Arab's love of 

 his horse — Foreign estimates of the Arabian — The Arabian compared 

 with other varieties — Defects of the Arabian. 



Book IV. The Arabian at Home : Origin of the Arabian breed 

 — The typical Arabian — The Arabian in ShS-mi-ya and Al Ja-zi-ra — 

 The Arabian in Al I'rSk and east the Tigris. 



Conclusion : Of buying straight from the Bedouin — Of buying in 

 Arabian and I'r&ki towns — Of procuring through consulates or consuls 

 — Of buying Arabians which have been exported — On the proper 

 treatment of the exported Arabian. 



