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     Third Edition, in One Vol. 8vo, bound in cloth, price 18s. 6d.

                                  THE

                       ILLUSTRATED HORSE-DOCTOR;

                BEING AN ACCURATE AND DETAILED ACCOUNT,

        Accompanied by more than 400 Pictorial Representations,

                           CHARACTERISTIC OF

           THE VARIOUS DISEASES TO WHICH THE EQUINE RACE ARE
                               SUBJECTED;

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                                  AND

                    ALL THE REQUISITE PRESCRIPTIONS

                        WRITTEN IN PLAIN ENGLISH

                      By EDWARD MAYHEW, M.R.C.V.S.

           "_A Book which should be in the possession of all
                           who keep Horses._"


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           Immediately will be published, in One 8vo Volume,
                  a companion to the above, entitled:

                                  THE

                       ILLUSTRATED STABLE ECONOMY

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                                  THE

                          HORSES OF THE SAHARA

                                AND THE

                         MANNERS OF THE DESERT.




                               THE HORSES
                             OF THE SAHARA,
                                AND THE
                         MANNERS OF THE DESERT.


                                   BY
                               E. DAUMAS,
              GENERAL OF DIVISION COMMANDING AT BORDEAUX,
                          SENATOR, ETC., ETC.,

                           WITH COMMENTARIES
                       BY THE EMIR ABD-EL-KADER.

                       TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH
                            BY JAMES HUTTON.

                   (THE ONLY AUTHORISED TRANSLATION)


                                LONDON:
              WM. H. ALLEN & CO., 13, WATERLOO PLACE, S.W.

                                 1863.




                          PUBLISHERS' NOTICE.


In this English version of General Daumas' justly eulogised work on the
Horses of the Sahara and the Manners of the Desert, two or three entire
chapters, besides many isolated passages, have been omitted, which
treated either of veterinary science or of matters little suited to the
taste of general readers in this country. Part the second, which was so
strangely overlooked by the critics of the last French edition, will be
found extremely interesting to all who love the chace and can appreciate
a life of adventure. The description of the sports and pastimes, the
manners and customs of the aristocracy of the African Desert, is
especially worthy of perusal; nor will the quaint remarks of the once
famous Emir Abd-el-Kader fail to command very general respect and
sympathy.




                           TABLE OF CONTENTS.


                            PART THE FIRST.

                       THE HORSES OF THE SAHARA.


INTRODUCTION      3

                        Sources of information.

_Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader_      5

            Treatises on the horse.—Anecdote of Abou-Obeïda.

ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ARAB HORSE      7

         Curious letter from the Emir Abd-el-Kader.—Four great
         epochs.—Creation of the horse.—Change of coats.—Moral
         qualities of the thoroughbred.

THE BARB      26

        Oneness of the race.—Letter from Abd-el-Kader.—Letter
        from M. Lesseps on the Alexandria races.—Weight carried
        by African horses.

THE HORSES OF THE SAHARA      33

            Traditional love of the horse.—Arab proverbs.—A
            popular chaunt.

_Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader_      44

                Superiority of the horses of the Sahara.

BREEDS      47

          Incontestable purity of the Saharene Barb.—Endurance
          of the Arab horse.—The noble horse.

_Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader_      59

                      Two varieties of the horse.

THE SIRE AND THE DAM      65

                    Treatment of the mare and foal.

_Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader_      73

                 Influence of the sire.—Purity of race.

REARING AND BREAKING-IN      75

              Early training.—Elementary exercises.—Names.

_Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader_      107

                     Names of the Prophet's horses.

DIET      112

               Camel's and ewe's milk.—Dates.—Green food.

_Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader_      118

                  Repose and fat injurious to a horse.

GROOMING, HYGIENE, PROPORTIONS      121

              Selection of food and water.—How to foretell
              the size and character of a horse.

_Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader_      127

                        Ingenious measurements.

COATS      130

                  Variety of colours.—Anecdote.—White
                  spots.—Anecdote.—Tufts.

_Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader_      136

                 Favourite coats.—Objectionable coats