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taming him was firft pra6lired in them; and beginning 

 in Eg'^pt, fpread itfelf into the different ftates and 

 kingdoms which compofe thofe two quarters of the 

 globe. 



Of the Egyptians neverthelefs, who were fo re- 

 nowned in ancient days for the merit and numbers of 

 their horfes, very little, if any knowledge, can be 

 gained, concerning their manner of riding, and treat- 

 ment of the horfe. Herodotus fpeaks of them as 

 horfemen, but fays no more : it is, however, to be 

 prefumed, that they were well verfed in an art, of 

 which they were the fathers and inventors. 



The Mth'iopians were poffeired of a breed of horfes, 

 and acquainted with the art of riding *. Herodotus 

 fpeaks of them as a nation of cavalry that attended 

 Xerxes in his expedition againft Greece. 



Nothing remains that can give any information, 

 with refpedt to the equellrian hiftory of the ancient 

 Jtrabs; a people in latter ages become fo famous for 

 riding, that they may be fliled a nation of horfemen. 

 When Xerxes led his army into Greece, they accom- 

 panied him, and fought under his banner ; but in- 

 flead of mounting horfes, they rode upon camels, 

 which Herodotus fays, were fwifter than the fleeteft 

 horfe ; and Zonaras reports, that they were fwift, but 

 foon fatigued. Lib. xviii. cap. 11. 



The inhabitants of India were accuflomed to ufe 

 horfes, from the earlieft times. No particulars, how- 



* Polymnia. 



ever,. 



