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It happened that I was fairly well known among these natives through my horse Kochba  of pure Maneghi Sbeli blood  which I had purchased from some Anazzi Bedouins who were encamped not far from Aleppo: a swift and intelligent animal he was, winner of many races, and in a land where a horse is considerably more valuable than a wife, his ownership cast quite a glamour over me. IT HAPPENED THAT I WAS FAIRLY WELL KNOWN AMONG THESE NATIVES THROUGH MY HORSE KOCHBA OF PURE MANEGHI SABELI BLOOD WHICH I HAD PURCHASED FROM SOME ANAZI BEDOINS WHO ENCAMPED NOT FAR FROM ALEPPO A SWIFT AND INTELLIGENT ANIMAL HE WAS WINNER OF MANY RACES AND IN A LAND WHERE A HORSE IS CONSIDERABLY MORE VALUABLE THAN A WIFE HIS OWNERSHIP CAST QUITE A GLAMOUR OVER ME
ed kindly. We knew most of the drill-exercises from the gymnastic training we had practiced since childhood, and the officers realized that we were educated and came from respectable families. The same was also true with regard to the native Christians, most of whom can read and write and are of a better class than the Mohammedans of the country. When Turkey threw in her lot with the Germanic powers, the attitude toward the Jews and Christians changed radically; but of this I shall speak later. It was a hard life we led while in training at Saffêd; evening would find us dead tired, and little disposed for anything but rest. As the tremendous light-play of the Eastern sunsets faded away, we would gather in little groups in the courtyard of our mosque--its minaret towering black against a turquoise sky--and talk fitfully of the little happenings of the day, while the Arabs murmured gutturally around us. Occasionally, one of them would burst into a quavering, hot-blooded tribal love-song. WERE GENERALLY TREATED KINDLY WE KNEW MOST OF THE DRILL EXERCISES FROM THE GYMNASTIC TRAINING WE HAD PRACTISED SINCE CHILDHOOD AND THE OFFICERS REALIZED THAT WE WERE EDUCATED AND CAME FROM RESPECTABLE FAMILIES THE SAME WAS ALSO TRUE WITH REGARD TO THE NATIVE CHRISTIANS MOST OF WHOM CAN READ AND WRITE AND ARE OF A BETTER CLASS THAN MOHAMMEDANS OF THE COUNTRY WHEN TURKEY THREW IN HER LOT WITH THE GERMANIC POWERS THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS CHANGED RADICALLY BUT OF THIS I SHALL SPEAK LATER IT WAS A HARD LIFE WE LED WHILE IN TRAINING ITS A PHASE EVENING WOULD FIND US DEAD TIRED AND LITTLE DISPOSED FOR ANYTHING BUT REST AS THE TREMENDOUS LIGHT PLAY OF THE EASTERN SUNSETS FADED AWAY WE WOULD GATHER IN LITTLE GROUPS IN THE COURTYARD OF OUR MOSQUE ITS MINARET TOWERING BLACK AGAINST A TURQUOISE SKY AND TALK FITFULLY OF THE LITTLE HAPPENINGS OF THE DAY WHILE THE ARABS MURMURED GUTTURALLY AROUND US OCCASIONALLY ONE OF THEM WOULD BURST INTO A QUAVERING HOT BLOODED TRIBAL LOVE SONG
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