Note 552 — ALI NUR AL-DIN AND MIRIAM THE GIRDLE-GIRL.[376] (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Known to us as “the web and pin,” it is a film which affects Arab horses in the damp hot regions of Malabar and Zanzibar and soon blinds them. This equine cataract combined with loin-disease compels men to ride Pegu and other ponies.