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

INTRODUCTION.