| Show BEDOUINS AND THEIR HORSES nomads of the desert ride the most beautiful animals ever subjugated by man charlen doughty describes a meeting with some arab horsemen in the desert these came near they approached pro ached his party and proved to be three long haired bedouins Bedou ins wh bid them thein salaam peace then lie he tells of 0 how a fourth shock haired cyclops of the desert whom the fleetness of 0 their mares marcs had outstripped trotted in after them uncouthly seated upon the narrow withers of his dromedary without saddle without bridle and only as a herdsman driving with his voice and the camel stick nis his fellows rode with inith naked logs and unshod upon their beautiful mares marcs bare backs the halter in one hand and the long balanced lance wavering upon the shoulder in the other we should think them sprawling riders for a boast or warlike exercise in the presence of our armed company they let us view how fairly they could ride a career and turn striking back heels and seated low with pressed thighs they parted at a hand gallop made a tourney or two easily upon the plain and now wheeling wide they betook retook themselves down in the desert every man inan bearing and handling his spears as at point so fetching a compass and we marching they a little out of 0 breath came gallantly again under the most ragged of these riders was a very perfect young and startling chestnut mare so shapely there are few among them never combed by her rude master but all shining beautiful band and gentle of herself she seemed a darling life upon that savage soil not worthy of her gracious pasterns pa sterns the strutting tall tail unwed flowed down even to the ground and the mano mane orfa was elied by the loving nurture of her mother nature |
