with the spur, on the horse’s s id e ; this is accounted the perfection o f horsemanship among the Shawiyans, who are acknowledged to be the first horsemen in Marocco, and not inferior to the Bukarie ca va lry o f the Emperor’s life guard, both o f whom consider the Mamulukes as v e ry inferior to them, in e v e ry th in g but their gaudy trappings: their exercise o f ca va lry consists in what they call E l Harka, which.is running full speed, about a quarter o f a mile or less, till the y come to a wall, when the rider fires his musquet, and stops his horse short, turning him at the same t im e ; this amusement, o f which they are ridiculously fond, they continue several hours7, wasting much powder to little purpose, as they do not improve in the direction o f their piece, having no ball with the charge, nor mark to fire a t ; their pieces h a v e nothing in them but gunpowder rammed down, for if they had wadding, many accidents would happen from their discharging them close to one another’s faces. Ten or twenty horsemen suddenly dart off at fu ll speed, one h a lf turning to the right, and the other to the left, after firing, so as not to interfere with each other. T h e men who ride these S h ’rubah Er’ reeh, as well as the Arabs who ride the Heiries, have their bowels relaxed at the termination o f their journey ; for which, on leaving the Desert, they drink a draught o f camel’s m ilk ,* called H a llib Niag, which being rejected b y the stomach, they drink again ; this second draught, after remaining a longer time, is sometimes also rejected; the third draft, finding the tone o f the stomach somewhat restored, remains, and turns to nourishment. (Jimmel) .— The Camel o f burden. This most useful animal . * A food of extraordinary and incredible nourishment, and a sovereign remedy for consumption. serves for various purposes o f domestic life s its flesh is good, and when young, is preferred b y the Arabs to b e e f ; it is, however, rather insipid, bu t v e ry easy o f digestion ; the milk o f the (N a g a ) female camel, is extremely nutritious, and i f taken fin the morning for breakfast is an infallible remedy for (murd irkek) consumption; on this account it is in high estimation among all ranks o f p eo p le : the A rab s o f Sahara, for the most part; liv e on nothing e ls e ; it is o f a bluish hue, and possesses a rather glutinous quality. In Soudan and Sahara the camel'carries a load not exceeding four hundred w e igh t; those o f Duquella and the north o f Marocco ca rry six, seven and eight hundred w e ig h t : the difference o f the burden varies with the abundance or pau city o f fo od ; and the camel w ill n ev er rise from the ground with a burden w h ich he cannot proceed with. Sheep. This useful animal is found in all parts o f west Barbary, even to the confines o f Sahara, where their flesh is o f a p ecu lia rly fine flavour, which is occasioned b y the aromatic herbs on w hich they feed. A b ou t the mountains o f Lower Suse and Wedinoon the mutton is o f such a superior flavour, that when the Emperor is at Marocco, itis often sent to him in presents, A s the aromatic herbs o f A fr ica are much stronger scented than those o f Europe, the flesh o f the Wedinoon sheep has accordin g ly a stronger aromatic flavour than those o f the Sussex South D ow n ; th e y are larger than the ordinary sh e e p ; the ewes are v e ry prolific, yeaning twice a year, and ha vin g often two or more lambs at a time. 1 sent a ram o f this breed to England, where it did not (with the change o f climate) lose altogether its prolific nature, for the ewes to which he was admitted produced two lambs each. o
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