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apparently as unfounded as the belief that it is incapable of 

 being domesticated. The groundlessness of the former has 

 been demonstrated by the capture of these animals in Cutch 

 by sportsmen mounted on Arabs, Walers (horses from New 

 South Wales), and country breds 1 , whilst the latter is shown 

 to be erroneous by the fact that some of the Indians in the 

 army of Xerxes drove chariots drawn by 'wild asses 2 .' 



FIG. 22. The Onager 3 . 



From this it is clear that the peoples of western Hindustan, 

 who did not possess horses, had made the wild ass obedient to 

 the yoke. 



In Carmania (included in modern Persia), a region bounded 

 by the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf on the south, and by 



1 Tegetmeier, Horses, Asses, etc., pp. 23-5. 



2 Herod, vn. 86, fjXavvov 8 K^XTJTCIS Kai dp/j-ara' u?r6 3 Tot<ri dp/j.aa-1 virrjaav 

 UTTTTOL Kai ovoi ciyptoi. 



3 The illustration is from a photograph (copyright) from the specimen in 

 the Zoological Garden, Kegent's Park, by Mr W. P. Dando, F.Z.S., official 

 photographer to the Zoological Society. 



