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NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION THROUGH ARABIA PETRÆA,
next; but we were all very nearly matched. We reached our tents in the evening, well satisfied with our day's ramble.[1]
- ↑ The great, almost only, danger from a gallop in this country, is due to the burrowing animals, such as moles, jerboas, &c., and the rider has to keep a sharp look out to prevent his horse putting his foot into one of the holes. A lady whom we met on board the steamer at Beyrût was thrown from her horse which had stumbled in consequence of a mole burrow.
