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first time on the monuments of Egypt in the eight- 

 eenth century B.C., and about 1000 B.C., " Solomon 

 had horses brought out of Egypt " (I. Kings, x. 28). 

 We learn from the study of equine evolution (p. 692), 

 that horses came from America into Asia, and from 

 Asia into Europe. North Africa most probably obtained 

 them from Europe (p. 679). A migration of horses from 

 Arabia into Eastern Africa may have been effected across 



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Fig. 598. — Low-caste Arab pony. 



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the Isthmus of Suez, and, to a much larger extent, over 

 land which subsequently became submerged and is now- 

 occupied by the Red Sea. General Tweedie supports this 

 theory on page 99 of The Arabian Horse. Also, we have the 

 fact that Egypt is a poor horse-breeding country, but the 

 districts to the south and east are admirably suited for 

 that purpose. " The Libyans from the dawn of history 

 are m2sters of the most famous horses. Cyrene sent the 

 best horses to the games of Greece (Pinder, Pyth. IV. 



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