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INDEX 



Forster, the traveller, on wild horses, 

 30 



Fossa, in skull of Quagga, 76; in 

 skull of certain Equidae, 143, 509 ; 

 pre-orbital, in Hipparion, in E.sival- 

 ensis, in E. stenonis, and E. quag- 

 goides, in Quagga, in domesticated 

 horse, in skull of Bend Or, 143; 

 in 'blood' horses, 469-70; pre- 

 orbital in young ass and in male 

 Grant's zebra, 143 



Four-horse, chariot, 251 ; chariot, on 

 vases, 252 ; chariots, 238 



France, horses of, 320 sqq. 



Franks, 327, 329, 353; begin to 

 employ cavalry, 330 ; conquer Thu- 

 ringians and Burgundians, 329-30 ; 

 method of fighting, 330 ; Ripuarian, 

 338-9 



French horses, colour of, 325 



Frenchmen, ride long, 140 



Freyr, a Swedish god, 118 



Friesland horse, 339, 340, 364, 377; 

 described by Blundeville, 340 ; a 

 good trotter, 340 ; origin of Pinz- 

 gauer breed, 346 



Frisian horses, 318, 327, 421 



Frisii, 335 



Funeral horses, 342 



Fur, trade in, 118; sables, ib. 



Gadow, Dr Hans, 460 



Gaetuli, 238 



Galicia, 258 ; horses of, ib. 



Gallic, brooches, 394 ; cavalry, 101 ; 



chieftains buried on their chariots, 



100; shields, 394; spears, called 



saunia, 99. 

 Games, funeral, 252 

 Ganymede, 290 

 Garamantes, 238 

 Garrison, at Elephantine, 238 

 Garstang, Dr, 510; on Hyksos, 233 

 Gascony, supplies horses to the 



English king, 359 

 Gauchos, 125, 428 

 Gaul, horses of, 312 ; ambacti of, 



317 

 Gauls, have chariots in Italy, 100 ; 



horses of, 310 ; of Lower Danube, 



315 ; serfs of, 316 ; used chariots, 



95, 99 



Gayoe ponies, 141 

 Gazelle, 208 

 Gedrosia, 201 



Gela, coins of, cavalry of, 277 

 Geldings, 163, 473; large grey for 



the king's coach, 379 ; price of, ib. ; 



used by Romans, 311 

 Genealogies, of Arab horses, 167 



Gentleman, the medieval, 293 

 Georgi, Father, 154 

 Gerard, the brothers, 30 

 German, great horse, 336 ; modern 



horses, 341 



Germanicus, E. c., 342 

 Germans, horses of, 113, 332 ; utilize 



zebras in East Africa, 79 ; venerate 



white horses, 114 



Germany, heavy horses of, 342 ; horse- 

 breeding in, 342 ; horses of, 314, 



334-5 

 Gestation, of horses, 16 ; of asses 



and zebras, ib.; period of, 36 

 Ghor-khur, 45, 46 

 Ghour, 46 

 Ghur, 46 

 Ghuran, 46 

 Gilbey, Sir W., 355, 363, 386, 392 ; 



on Irish horses, 386 ; on origin of 



Irish Hobbie, 402 

 Giles, Prof., 140 

 Gill, Mr T. P., 405 

 Ginni, of Liguria, 321 

 Giraldus Cambrensis, 354, 388, 389, 



412 

 Gmelin, Dr, 42, 43; his notice of 



tarpan, 41 

 Gnoo, 73 ; accompanied quaggas, 74 ; 



brindled, accompanied Burchell's 



zebra, 74 



Gobi desert, 28, 31 

 Godolphin Barb, 382, 384 

 Gods' horses, names of, 121 

 Gods, ride, 118 



Goethe, on Selene's horse, 297 

 Gog-Magog, 384 

 Gold, 130 ; brooches, 248 ; ornaments, 



240 ; trappings, bits, etc., 129 

 Gonville Hall, 412 

 Gothland, large war-horses of, 347 

 Goths, attack Rome, 327 ; cavalry 



of, 329 



Grant's zebra, described, 70 

 Grave, shaft, at Mycenae, 285 

 Gravestone, at Mycenae, 285 

 Gray, Rev. T. T., 413 

 Great horses, 363, 364; scarcity of, 



366 

 Greece, Bronze Age of, 251, 285; 



horses of, 285 sqq., 292, 300-2 

 Greek, chestnut horses, 300 ; horses 



not shod, 298 ; mercenaries in 



Egypt, 223; war-horse, 299-300 

 Greeks, 244 ; at Cirta, 239 ; descents 



upon Egypt, 220 ; did not use 



saddles, 299 

 Green, Mr F. W., 510 

 Greenwell, Canon, 92, 95, 97, 510 

 Grenada, horses of, 258 



