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30Z APPENDIX. 



Cavefoiis, from the Italian word Cavezza, an halter, Col- 



lar, or Head-ftrain, may probably be derived from this 



invention. JElimi likewife, who wrote poflerior to Ar- 



rian, fpeaks of the I-iidians as expert horfemen ; and fays, 



that they rode and managed their horfgs by means of 



a Bridle, but not of that fort which is called the Lupa- 



tum, with (harp points of iron fixed to it, in order to 



prick and harrafs the mouth j but that they neverthelefs , fl 



were fo fkilful, as to make their horfes perform as well 



as if they had been rode with it, and awed by its feve- 



rity *. 



Page 2 0. " As we learn from Strabo."] Callration 

 was pratftifed long before Strabo wrote, but he feems 

 to fpeak of it as being a cuftom more peculiarly be- 

 longing to the Scythians and Sarmatians than to any other 

 nations. His words may be rendered thus: It is pecu- 

 liar to all the Scythian and Sarmatian nations to cailrate 

 their horfes, for the better management of them ; for 

 though they are but fmall, they are neverthelefs met- 

 tlefome, and difficult to be governed f- 



Page 38. " Many of the terms," 8cc.] Much learning is 

 difplayed, and much information may be gained upon 

 this fubje(ft from the following extraft, entitled, 

 " DifTertation Litteraire, fur Une Colonic Egiptienne, 

 '• etabli a Athenes, Sec. par Fred. Samuel Schmidt de 



* yElian, lib. 13. f Strabo, lib. 7. 



2 '' Berne." 



