ARABIAN HORSES. 
HERE is no other race in the world by whom 
good birth is valued so highly as it is by the 
Bedouins of Arabia. And yet in their form of gov- 
ernment these nomadic clans are the most democratic 
of people. Every Arab finds himself the member of 
a tribe, but if he chooses to leave it, he can do so 
without let or hindrance. He may take refuge with 
strangers, or pitch his tent in solitude and isolation. 
Even when the majority determine upon war or upon 
some warlike expedition, the minority are not obliged, 
either by law or by public opinion, to join with their 
fellows. They stay at home, if they prefer, without 
discredit. Each tribe has a leader, a sheikh, elected 
by universal suffrage, but his authority is very lim- 
ited, and his commands are enforceable only so far 
