[Footnote 12: For the Arabian horses, see D'Arvieux (p. 159
- 173) and Niebuhr, (p. 142 - 144.) At the end of the xiiith
century, the horses of Neged were esteemed sure-footed,
those of Yemen strong and serviceable, those of Hejaz most
noble. The horses of Europe, the tenth and last class, were
generally despised as having too much body and too little
spirit, (D'Herbelot, Bibliot. Orient. p. 339: ) their
strength was requisite to bear the weight of the knight and
his armor]