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298 TRAVELS IN UPPER
bian horses by travellers. It is, that those of the
Arabs who have settled abodes, are stouter, and at
the same time more plump, than those of the wan-
bering Bedouins. The former are friends, fed
and attended with great care : the latter, indefati-
gable companions of men, who spend their lives in
traversing the scorching sands, content themselves
with a few handfuls of dried beans once in four and
twenty hours, and can pass three days without
drinking, notwithstanding the fervency of the sun,
and the suffocating heat reflected from the soil over
which they speed their rapid Course. In this in-
cessant round of fasting and fatigue they preserve
incomparable courage and vigour; but their lean-
ness, the consequence of their hard labour and
bard diet, alters their appearance so, that their
breed may be easily mistaken.
The horse, which man has made the companion
of his toils in almost all parts of the world, and
ennobled by rendering him a partner in his glory,
was exclusively reserved at Cairo for the ruling and
most distinguished class, that of warriors. None
but soldiers were allowed to mount these valuable
animals, real treasures to man in a state of society,
and one of the most useful conquests be has gained
over nature. The preachers of the law, those fana-
tic and pretended interpreters of the Koran, for
whom the stupid sectaries of Mahomet have great
veneration,
bian horses by travellers. It is, that those of the
Arabs who have settled abodes, are stouter, and at
the same time more plump, than those of the wan-
bering Bedouins. The former are friends, fed
and attended with great care : the latter, indefati-
gable companions of men, who spend their lives in
traversing the scorching sands, content themselves
with a few handfuls of dried beans once in four and
twenty hours, and can pass three days without
drinking, notwithstanding the fervency of the sun,
and the suffocating heat reflected from the soil over
which they speed their rapid Course. In this in-
cessant round of fasting and fatigue they preserve
incomparable courage and vigour; but their lean-
ness, the consequence of their hard labour and
bard diet, alters their appearance so, that their
breed may be easily mistaken.
The horse, which man has made the companion
of his toils in almost all parts of the world, and
ennobled by rendering him a partner in his glory,
was exclusively reserved at Cairo for the ruling and
most distinguished class, that of warriors. None
but soldiers were allowed to mount these valuable
animals, real treasures to man in a state of society,
and one of the most useful conquests be has gained
over nature. The preachers of the law, those fana-
tic and pretended interpreters of the Koran, for
whom the stupid sectaries of Mahomet have great
veneration,