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Merv, best Turcoman horses, 132 



Mesohippus, 6 



Mesopotamia, 132 ; horses from, 216 ; 



Shammar tribes of, 161 

 Messenger, 385 

 Metacarpal bones, 84 

 Metal, Libyans use no, 226 

 Metatarsal bones, 84 

 Metopes, from Selinus, 278 

 Metung, 431 

 Meurthe, horses of, 325 

 Meux, Sir Henry, his zebra hybrids, 



463 

 Mexico, 8; horses of, 267, 511 ; dun and 



striped horses of, 269 ; dun-coloured 



horses of, 465 

 Meyer, Prof. Kuno, 400 

 Micipsa, Numidian king, 239, 309 

 Milk, of mares, 127, 478 ; mares, poured 



on the ground, 134 

 Minoya, 273 

 Miocene, 6 

 Miohippus, 6 

 Mississippi, 266, 272 

 Missouri, 430 

 Mithras, feast of, 193 

 Moerder, M., 350 

 Mograbins, horses of, 249 

 Mongolia, 45, 426 ; camels in, 200 ; 



ponies of, 134 ; wild ass of, 476 

 Mongolian, jockies, 139 ; mares, 27, 



35; pony, 4, 136, 186; pony race, 



138 ; pony, striped, 455 ; wild ass, 45 

 Mongols, 3 ; always ride, 136 

 Montefik, tribe, horses of, 175; have 



spoiled their breed by using Persian 



horses, 176 



Montelius, Dr Oscar, 347 

 Moorcroft, 30, 154 

 Moore, Major J., 350 

 Moorish, horse, 242; horses, 248 

 Morocco leather, Libyans famous for, 



227 



Mortimer, Mr, 95 

 Morton, Lord, his quagga, 77, 457 

 Morvan, horses of, 324 

 Moscoso, Luys de, 273, 274 

 Moselle, horses of, 325 

 Mosul, 161, 176 

 Motor-cars, 414 

 Mountain, affects type, 323 

 Mountain zebra, 68 ; called wild pard, 



62 ; description of, 63 

 Mouse-colour, 43 

 Muhammad, 332; his camels, 206; 



homilies of, 166 ; mares of, 165 ; 



successors of, ib. 

 Muhammad ben Ahmed, 56 

 Mukden, tombs of Chinese emperors 



at, 236 

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R. H. 



Mulberry-black, horse, 258 

 Mule, in Cuba, 271 

 Mule-breeding, in Greece, 302 

 Mule-car, 486; race with, 276, 487 

 Mules, 164; in Greece, 113; in 



Turcomania, 133 ; preferred for 



ploughing, 113; wild, in Homer, 



50; wild, in Syria, 49 

 Multiple nature of horse evolution, 7 

 Munro, Dr Eobert, 8, 83, 84, 89, 396 

 Murcia, horses of, 266, 270 

 Mustangs, 8, 18 

 Muzin, feral horses, 18, 31, 32 

 Muzzles, used on Indian horses, 153, 



473 



Mycenae, 252 ; tombstones of, 107 

 Mycenean Age, horses in, 285 

 Myrrh, 202 



Nabataea, 51, 208 ; no horses in, 202 



Nabuchodonosor, 196 



Name, for horse, Malay, 146 ; of horse, 

 317; names, for horse, 128; of 

 horses, 121, 122, 295 ; of horses, 

 raven, sooty, golden-haired, silver- 

 topped, gold-topped, 122 



Narvaez, Pamphilo de, 272 ; brings 

 horses to Florida, 272 



Nasamones, 238 



Nasir-ed-Din, gives Arab -mares to 

 Turcomans, 133 



Navarre, horses of, 322 



Neapolitan, 377; horses, 344 



Nebuchadnezzar, 19 



Neckband, of Libyan horse, 240; of 

 Arab horses, ib. 



Negro, skin of, 467 



Neigh, of horse, see Voice ; of Prej- 

 valsky horse, 39 



Nejd, 162; Arabs migrate from, 161; 

 dark bay in, 177 



Nelson, Mr, on Indian horses, 146 



Neohipparion, 7 



Nepal, ponies of, 134, 153 



Nestor, 109, 251 



Neuchatel, 394; Lake, 93 



Newberry, Mr Percy E., finds a chariot, 

 227 ; on Hyksos, 233 



Newcastle, Duke of, 366, 378 



New Forest, pony, 456 ; ponies, 19 



Nicopol vase, 130 



Niebuhr, Carsten, 167, 246; on Arab 

 horse, 162 



Nigretes, 240 



Nike, 276 



Nile, 52, 219 ; western mouth of, 220 



Nineveh, monuments of, 195 



Nisaeau horses, 186, 192; like Parthian, 

 190 ; sacred, 191 



Noack, Dr, 53, 71 ; on quagga, 71 



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