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Fruits, pomegranate, syrup, honey, and jild el faras were brought as offerings of gratitude. The crew ascended to the air-liner amid wild shouts of praise and jubilation. Apricot paste in dried sheets, cut into convenient sizes. "You see, Leclair?" the Master inquired, as Nissr drew away once more to eastward, leaving the village in the palms behind. "We hold power already with the sons of Islam!
And after this my Cid did battle in Medina Celi, with a Moor called Faras, who was a good knight in arms, and he defeated and slew him and another also. And in the fifth year of the reign of King Don Alfonso, the King sent the Cid to the Kings of Seville and of Cordova, for the tribute which they were bound to pay him.
I was disappointed by seeing the boasted "Faras" of the Somal, in the shape of ponies hardly thirteen hands high. The head is pretty, the eyes are well opened, and the ears are small; the form also is good, but the original Arab breed has degenerated in the new climate.
The Abyssinian Brindo of omophagean fame is not eaten by the Somal, who always boil, broil, or sun-dry their flesh. They have, however, no idea of keeping it, whereas the more civilised citizens of Harar hang their meat till tender. Whilst other animals have indigenous names, the horse throughout the Somali country retains the Arab appellation "Faras."
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