Show ARAMAN anaman AnA ara brar BiAr HORSES layard the explorer of nineveh who is as familiar with arabs as he ia is with antiquities r elves ives in his late work on assyria bome some curious details respecting the true horse of the desert contrary to the popular notion the real arabian Arabia ii is celebrated less for unrivalled swiftness than for extraordinary po powers viers of endurance its usual paces are but two a quick walk often averaging four or five miles an hour ard a half running running canter for only when pursued does a bedo bedouin u put his mare to full speed it is the distance they will travel in emergency the weight they will carry and the comparative trifle of food they require which render the arabian horses so valuable la layard ard says he knew of a celebrated mare whim which had carried two men in chain armor be yond vond the reach of or some aneiza pursuers this mare had hardly more than two tills of barley in twenty four hours except in t the e spring when the pastures were gre pre greenard enand it is only the mares athe of the wealthy bedouins Bedou ins who ge get even this allowance the consequence is that except in the spring the arab horse is lean and unsightly they are never 1 placed under cover in summer nor protected from the tile biting bitin D winds of the desert in winter the ile saddle ia is rarely taken from their backs N E cultivator |