The Horses of the Sahara and the Manners of the Desert
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;
TOGETHER WITH THE LATEST MODE OF TREATMENT,
AND
ALL THE REQUISITE PRESCRIPTIONS
WRITTEN IN PLAIN ENGLISH
E. Daumas
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PUBLISHERS' NOTICE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ARAB HORSE.
THE BARB.
THE HORSES OF THE SAHARA.
BREEDS.
THE SIRE AND THE DAM.
REARING AND BREAKING-IN
DIET.
GROOMING, HYGIENE, PROPORTIONS.
COATS.
ON CHOOSING AND PURCHASING HORSES.
SHOEING.
HARNESS.
MAXIMS OF THE ARAB CAVALIER.
ABD-EL-KADER ON THE ARAB HORSE.
THE WAR HORSE.
PART SECOND
THE EMIR ABD-EL-KADER ON THE HORSE.
THE SAHARA
THE RAZZIA.
THE KHRIANA, OR THEFT.
WAR BETWEEN DESERT TRIBES.
USAGES OF WAR.
OSTRICH HUNTING.
GAZELLE HUNTING.
THE GREYHOUND.
HAWKING.
THE CHACE
SHEEP.
LIFE IN THE DESERT.
THE ARAB ARISTOCRACY.
