ORIGINAL HABITAT OF THE HORSE. 29 s 



establishes the lineal descent of the governing family back to 

 Japheth, the son of Noah. The order of succession as the head 

 of the tribe continues through several generations unbroken, from 

 father to son. Gomer, the son of Japheth, was succeeded by his 

 s n Togarmah, then followed Haicus, Armenac, Aramais, 

 Amassia, Gelam, Harma, Aram, Arah, who was slain in battle, 

 his son Cardus (at twelve years old), Anushaven, who died with- 

 out issue and was succeeded by Paret, who reigned fifty years 

 and during his reign the patriarch Joseph died in Egypt, B.C. 

 1635. These princes all had long reigns. Haicus was the 

 first of the line to assume the title of king, and he was greatly 

 distinguished for extending the boundaries of his kingdom. 

 Gelam extended his borders to the Caspian. Aram was fifty- 

 eight years on the throne, during which time he had a war with 

 the Medes, and also with the Cappadocians, in both of which he 

 had a large force of cavalry in the field. This was about seven- 

 teen hundred years before the Christian era, and is the first men- 

 tion of cavalry that I have found in history, either sacred or pro- 

 fane. In both these wars his cavalry was met by the cavalry of 

 the enemy, equal to or greater than his in numbers. How long 

 before this troops may have been mounted on horses it is impos- 

 sible to say, but from the numbers so used at that period of the 

 world by the neighboring nations and tribes, as the Medes, the 

 Cappadocians, etc., it is fair to conclude that the horse had then 

 been an important factor in all military movements for many 

 generations. When we consider two opposing armies, each pro- 

 vided with divisions of five thousand cavalry, the period being 

 about B.C. 1700, with no dates beyond that are known as relating 

 to the horse, we are shut up to our own reasoning as to the num- 

 ber of centuries that may have been required to produce these 

 great numbers. It must have been at least one century, or it may 

 have been three or four, and this would carry us back to the head 

 of the house of Japheth. 



If we accept Egyptian chronology, which still lacks much of 

 being reliable, one of the Pharaohs, named Thutmosis I., invaded 

 Syria, passing up through Palestine till he reached the latitude of 

 Aleppo, and then turned eastward and crossed the Euphrates. 

 His campaign was successful; he fought many battles and returned 

 laden with spoils, especially horses and chariots of war. This was 

 before the Israelites reached the promised land, and before 

 Joshua's battle with the * 'Northern kings/' in which they had 



