USAGES OF WAR.--Distribution of the plunder; The chief; Loan of a horse; Female spectators of the battle. The horse of noble race. OSTRICH HUNTING.--On horseback; Details of the excursion; From an ambush; Habits of the ostrich. GAZELLE HUNTING.--THE GREYHOUND. HAWKING. THE CHACE, BY ABD-EL-KADER.--The gazelle; The hyæna; The panther; The lion; modes of hunting. THE CAMEL.--Management, Diet, &c. THE SHEEP.--Immense flocks; Their usefulness in the Sahara. LIFE IN THE DESERT.--The villager; The master of the tent; Sobriety; Runners; Inventory of a wealthy Arab's fortune; His occupations; Armourers; Legislation; Women's employment; Hospitality; Mendicants; Sorcerers; Magic; Religion. THE ARAB ARISTOCRACY.--The thorny shrub and the date-tree; The Sherifs; The marabouts and the _djouad_; A great tent; The _vendetta_; Examples; Blood money; _Lex talionis_; Birth, education, and marriage; Polygamy; An Arab interior; Amusements; Death; Funeral rites. * * * * * OBSERVER, _May_ 3, 1863.--"There is not a page in this book from which we may not gather useful hints or valuable information respecting the nature, habits and management of horses." EDINBURGH COURANT.--"We have rarely read a work giving a more picturesque and, at the same time, practical account of the manners and customs of a people, than this book on the Arabs and their horses." +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber Notes: | | | | P. 109. 'prfoessional men.', changed 'prfoessional' to | | 'professional'. | | Changed all instances of 'negociation' to 'negotiation'. | | P. 313. Changed 'verry' to 'very', in 'I congratulate you very'. | | P. 318. Changed 'shokking' and 'childern' to 'shocking' and | | 'children', in 'a shocking bloodshed between children'. | | P. 320. Changed 'scilence' to 'silence', in 'so long a silence'. | | P. 324. Added 'a' to 'wishes you a great deal of good'. | | P. 325. Changed 'monts' to 'months', in 'two or three months'. | | P. 329. Index: Arnim, Her, changed 'Her' to 'Herr'. | | P. 334. Index: Schack, added 'from' to 'and expelled from the | | court'. | | Index: Struensee, his important reforms--added page number '39'. | | Add 18: 'Breakinig and training', changed 'Breakinig' to | | 'Breaking'. | | Corrected various punctuation. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+