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points out that it gains support from the fact that the worship 

 of Amraon, whose name appears in the names of various kings 

 of the New Empire, rises into special prominence under those 

 dynasties. For there was not only the great oracle of Ammon 

 in the Oasis of Siwa (p. 239), but there was also a shrine of 

 that god in the Great Oasis. Now, as the Libyans regarded 

 the shrine in the Oasis of Siwa with special veneration, it is not 

 at all likely that it was simply established there for the first time 

 by an Egyptian king, and it is not more probable that the cult 

 of Ammon was not native in the Great Oasis and had only been 

 established by an Egyptian monarch at a later period. The fact 

 that Ammon seems especially the god of horses under the New 

 Empire is not without significance. The Libyan god would 

 naturally be the patron of the Libyan horse. Accordingly, just 

 as the names of its kings are compounded with the name of Ammon, 

 so too were those of the royal horses, e.g. "Ammon bestows strength," 

 and "Ammon entrusts him with victory" (p. 218). 



P. 239. For "Oasis of Suva" read " Oasis of Siwa." 

 Pp. 265 sqq. Prof. Ewart, who during the past winter and 

 spring has been studying the hoi'ses of the West Indies and Mexico, 

 on his return wrote to me as follows respecting the statement of 

 Bernal Diaz which I have cited, and my conclusions respecting 

 the horses of Spain and those brought by the Spaniards to the West 

 Indies and Mexico : 



" I have seen hundreds of horses, many most interesting. 

 Towards the south of Mexico, especially in the Mitla region, a very 

 considerable percentage of the horses are without ergots and hind 

 chestnuts, or have them very small. In north Mexico, where 

 American blood prevails, wartless ponies are extremely rare. In 

 Mexico and Jamaica alike reversion seems to have been at work, 

 producing a primeval beast suited to a warm dry climate in the one 

 case, a warm moist climate in the other. Doubtless the reverts are 

 a mixture of Spanisli and Libyan types. I think all the evidence 

 I have collected may be said to support your view about a Libyan 

 variety (or species) — a variety which has been modified in various 

 directions by the Arabs" (May 1, 1905). "The colours are very 

 much what Diaz noted, but the nearer the Libyan type the less the 

 evidence of striping, the nearer the cart type the commoner the 

 vestiges of stripes. In the south of Mexico striping was less in 

 evidence than further north. Prof. Osborn, who went specially 



