Chapter III: Part THE SECOND: The Manners of the Desert

THE EMIR ABD-EL-KADER ON THE HORSE 189

The Arab horse derives his character from his Arab master.

THE SAHARA, BY ABD-EL-KADER 191

A poem of the Emir.

THE RAZZIA 196

Three kinds of razzia: the _Tehha_, the _Khrotefa_,
the _Terbigue_.—Episodes.—Popular chaunt.—The
combat.—Circumstantial details.

THE KHRIANA, OR THEFT 206

Horse, camel, and sheep stealing.—Superstitions.—Ludicrous details.

WAR BETWEEN DESERT TRIBES 214

Motives for hostilities.—Proclamation of war.—Summoning
allies.—Departure.—A war chaunt.—Amorous intrigues.—Thefts.
—Scouts.—Preliminaries of peace.—Saharene diplomacy.—Conclusion of
peace.—Hostilities.—The eve of battle.—Challenges.—War cries.—The
battle.—Defeat.—Victory.—Anecdotes.

_Remarks by the Emir Abd-el Kader_ 234

Lamentations of an Arab warrior.

USAGES OF WAR 236

Distribution of the plunder.—The chief.—Loan of a
horse.—Female spectators of the battle.—Apologue.—The
marabouts.

_Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader_ 241

The horse of noble race.—Victors and the vanquished.

OSTRICH HUNTING 243

On horseback.—Details of the excursion.—From an
ambush.—Habits of the ostrich.—Laying and hatching.

GAZELLE HUNTING 259

On horseback.—Habits of the gazelle.

THE GREYHOUND 264

Respect shown to it.—Characteristic details.

HAWKING 270

Training and rearing.—A hawking expedition.

_Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader_ 272

Four kinds of falcon.—Training.—Hawking.

THE CHACE, BY ABD-EL-KADER 281

Varieties of sport.—The gazelle.—The hyæna.—The
panther.—The lion.—Different modes of hunting.

THE CAMEL 305

Management of the camel.—Diet.—Usefulness.

THE SHEEP 309

Immense flocks.—Their usefulness in the Sahara.

LIFE IN THE DESERT 313

The villager.—The master of the tent.—Sobriety.—Runners.
—Inventory of a wealthy Arab's fortune.—His occupations.
—Armourers.—Legislation.—Women's employments.—Hospitality.
—Mendicants.—Sorcerers.—Magic.—Religion.

THE ARAB ARISTOCRACY 329

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 and funeral rites.

PART FIRST

THE HORSES OF THE SAHARA