The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-03-11


sahjcv, -
e The LESSONS Of infancy are craven
. on stone.
The lessons Of ripcr year. iisap-
pear Ike The nests of birds.'
They also say The young branch
reoo,ers lis posture wiihou, much s,ifi.
Guilty, but the thick wood never rccpv.
era from a warp"
In the very first year the Arabs he
2in TO iE4'ruct the young horse to 60
with reseita, n sor, Of csvcason---then
they call him dieda, beginning to break
and bride him, As soon as he be-
comes feaf---thai is, hen he ente,s his
second year--tl,ey iide him a mile,
then two, then a parassug and when
he has completed his eighteenth mouth
they are TO longer afraid Of fatiguing
hitn. .s,..... ......
When lie la. become fe5ora teia,er.
'hat is, when he enters his third year.
they cease TO ride him they fasten him
cover hir- over with good cloth, and
fn,ten Inn. On this head they say
In the first year tic hiaa for fear of ac.
ciden'. ]" '.e second year. ride him
till his back curves. In the third year
tie him again. and il ie has no, become
what you wish sell him.
IL horse be not ridden before his
third year,ii is certain tl,a, hc never will
be good for anything but speed, which
he does not require TO learn, it is his
naiura! faculty. The Arabs express
the idea thus
II djoual idjiri tr daselouh. -
The djoud runs according to his
blood The noble horse needs not to
learn swifnesi.
3. Why, if The stations impart more
qualities TO the breed. should tue mares
nevertheless be dearer:
This is the reason
He who buys mare, hopes that
while using her As steed, he will AT
he same time rear a numerous brood
rom her; whereas. he who buys u
horse only employs him for riding, no
money being taken 10y tho Arabs for
commercial purposes.
g. DO not Arats keep registers 10 es.
tab'i,h the senealogy Of their horses'
Know tia, the Arabs Of The Sahara
trouble themselves as little with regis
tiers as do those Of the Tell. No,oriety
suf!ices for the pedigree of their blood.
horses is a, we'll known rs that OF the
riders l have heard tha, some fami-
lies keep registers. but canno. quote
them. These books are used in the
East, rs mention in ,hc little treatise
which | am about TO address you.
I. What tribes Of Algeria are the
most renowned for their horses!
Know that the best horses of Sahara
.,,s1 .',..-~ "a - u----.--, -'t-'-~--
ception' They possess none but excel.
lent horses, because they never employ
them either for ti'lace or with the pack
saddle, but solely for expedition and
war. These are the steeds which bear
hunger. thirst. and fatigue. Next to
the horses of the I!amyan. come those
.! the Arbaa and Of the Ouled-Nayl
In the Tell. the best horses for noble
ness and blood, for figure, form. and
beauty, are those OF the people Of the
C.olif, especially those OF Onlad S:li-
Zen, Add. Allah I TiM el Aariy; near
the Mind and again those OF ,he Ou-
/ lal Sidi Hassan, n fraction q. the Ou-
lad Sidi Dahhon who inhabit The noun.
/ race course Inc also in shape } are
! lnose o. .ne tribe i ia. oC the Ouiad
| Sheriff, and Of the Ollad S.kreud-
The best for a ..'arch over stony ground
without being shod. are those Of the
! Tribe of A.sa>senn in Yakou,.il - A
say ng IS attributed to Moulay ISmail.
! the celebrated Sultan of Morocco--"Let
my steed have been reared in Maz and
watered IN the Biaz."
MAJ is a place in the country Of the
Assa-sena, and the BIaz is the stream
known by lhe name o: 'hc Foulci,which
aowS in their territory. The horses OF
/ the Oulad. khaled are also renowned
for the same qualities. Sidi Ahmed
Rer Ynssouf has said, with reference TO
tia, tribe. " long tresscs and flowing
names will be seen among you I'LL the
day OF the resurrection thus panegyr-
ising their women ard their horses.
s. You say to me that yon are told
iia, the hoises vi Algeria are not Ara.
bian but Hesbaran-lha:i is, tnts.
This is an opinion which recoils up
on it's holders. The B-rbers are gen.
uint Arabs. 4 celebrated author has
said" The Berbers inhaLit MOgheboi
they are all SONS Of kaiss Ben Ghilsn.
t,s avcrred moreover, that they
spriu. from :hc two great lIemiaFiie
tribes, the SenalJja. and Ke.,ama,who
entered with the invader Ifrike'ch-c!
Malik.
: Accor'in.;o these facts, the Berbers
are certainly Arabs at! historian.
: cstaaH y -" fiiiaiion Of most Of the
Eerber tribes. and ihe,r descent from
the Ser,hsais and the Ket,ama. The
coming Of these iribss was anterior 70
Islani,m. since ihe Muss ulman inss,
sion, the auL.sel % Arabian immigrant.
j. inca,e.,A.e. When the Otedia ULe
Fa,imi,-s were masters Of Fsy pi, i,.-
men,e tribes passed in Africa, and
among others, the Riahh. T.i'y spread
themselves from kairouu to Merraaech
tMoroceo), ], is fIom ihtse tribes that
~ n.ra,ut. ,b. Ai.N tho Ma,,ii IN.