The Horses of The Sahara

About this eBook

Author

Daumas, E.‏ (Eugène), 1803-1871

Title

The Horses of the Sahara and the Manners of the Desert

Credits

Produced by MWS, readbueno and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Sahara

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 51041

Release Date

January 25, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HORSES OF THE SAHARA, AND THE MANNERS OF THE DESERT.
2. 2.PUBLISHERS' NOTICE.
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ARAB HORSE.
6. 6.THE BARB.
7. 7.THE HORSES OF THE SAHARA.
8. 8.BREEDS.
9. 9.THE SIRE AND THE DAM.
10. 10.REARING AND BREAKING-IN
11. 11.DIET.
12. 12.GROOMING, HYGIENE, PROPORTIONS.
13. 13.COATS.
14. 14.ON CHOOSING AND PURCHASING HORSES.
15. 15.SHOEING.
16. 16.HARNESS.
17. 17.MAXIMS OF THE ARAB CAVALIER.
18. 18.ABD-EL-KADER ON THE ARAB HORSE.
19. 19.THE WAR HORSE.
20. 20.PART SECOND
21. 21.THE EMIR ABD-EL-KADER ON THE HORSE.
22. 22.THE SAHARA
23. 23.THE RAZZIA.
24. 24.THE KHRIANA, OR THEFT.
25. 25.WAR BETWEEN DESERT TRIBES.
26. 26.USAGES OF WAR.
27. 27.OSTRICH HUNTING.
28. 28.GAZELLE HUNTING.
29. 29.THE GREYHOUND.
30. 30.HAWKING.
31. 31.THE CHACE
32. 32.THE CAMEL. [89]
33. 33.SHEEP.
34. 34.LIFE IN THE DESERT.
35. 35.THE ARAB ARISTOCRACY.

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