INDEX 



533 



Royal mares, 381 



Russia, horses of, 350 ; ponies of, 345 



Russian, horses, 132, 193; steppes, 



164 

 Russians excavate at Dukhova Moghila, 



106 



Rutimeyer, 4; on the horse, 92 

 Rye, Mr, his edition of Hakluyt, 273 



Sabeans, 201 

 Sabinos, 435 

 Sables, 118 ; called Saphirinae pelles, 



ib. 



Sacae, 129 

 Sacrifice, of bulls, 190 ; of horses, 151 ; 



of horses at Rome, 307 ; of horses, 



by Persians, 190 ; of horses, to Cyrus, 



ib. ; of white horses, 117 ; white 



horses preferred, 190; of ass, 150 

 Sacrificial animals, 222 

 Saddle, 498; not used by Assyrians, 



197; pack-saddle, 199; pad used 



for, by Arabs, 176; saddles, not 



allowed by Mongols in racing, 139 ; 



not in Book of Kelts, 391 ; not used 



by Greeks, 299 ; of Normans, 354 

 Sagartians use lasso, 192 

 Sagas, horses in, 122 

 Sahara, 207, 247 

 Salatis, king of Hyksos, 230 

 Salensky, Dr, 42; on Prejvalsky's 



horse, 40 



Salsette, isle of, 149 

 Saluvii, 321 ; Ligurian tribe of, 310 

 Samnites, 100 

 Samphoras, term applied to horses, 



296 



Sampson, 384 



Sanctity of white horses, 187, 190, 210 

 San Domingo, 266 ; horses introduced, 



267 



San Lucar, 271 

 Sanson, M., 2, 13, 30, 35, 219, 229, 



250, 325, 401, 420 ; his eight species, 



1 ; his two groups, 4 

 Santiago, 271 

 Saracens, 148, 322, 323; in Spain, 



258; invade Spain and Gaul, 332 

 Sardinia, horses of, 274 

 Sardinian, 377 

 Sardis, 194 

 Sarissa, 304 



Sarissophori, Macedonian, 304 

 Sarlik, Mongolian name of yak, 426 

 Sarmatae, 116 

 Sarmatian women, law of marriage, 



126; rode on horseback, ib. 

 Sarmatians, 50 ; castrate horses, 125 ; 



horsemen only, 116; corselet, ib. ; 



arms, ib. ; use lasso, 117; their 



weapons, ib. ; do not use metal, ib. ; 



sacrifice horses, eat them, ib. ; their 



horses, 125, 482 

 Saskatchewan, 430 

 Saturn, typical Suffolk Punch, 375 

 Saunia, Gallic spears, 99 

 Saxons, 334 



Scandinavia, 118; horses of, 346, 416 

 Scaurus, Aemilius, 202 

 Scedaus, daughters of, 300 

 Scharff, Dr, 51, 83, 392, 399 

 Scherren, Mr H., on Abyssinian zebra, 



58 



Schleswig-Holstein, horses of, 342 

 Schliemann, Dr, 285 

 Scipio, 308 



Scipio Aemilianus, 309 

 Sclater, Mr P. W., 476; on Prejvalsky's 



horse, 35; description of Somali ass, 



53 



Sculptured group of horses, 295 

 Scutum, 481 



Scythed chariots, 247, 393 

 Scythia, Indian, 158 

 Scythian, funeral customs, 136 ; horses, 



in India, 158, 159 ; women, differ 



from Sarmatian, 126 

 Scythians, 50, 158, 192; castrate 



horses, 125; their horses, 125; 



Nomad, 126 



Seal, Great, Charles I on, 366 

 Sebaa tribe, 162 

 Sedbury, Royal mare, 382 

 Seglawi strain, 169 

 Seine, 326 

 Seius, horse of, 302 

 Selene, horse of, 297 

 Seleucid kings, 306; use scythed 



chariots, 247 



Selinus, archaic metope from, 277 

 Selous, Mr, zebra named after him, 



66; zebra of, 436 

 Semites, 232 ; had no horses in time 



of Abraham, 235 ; obtain horse late, 



203 



Sentinum, 100 

 Sequanius, E. c., 326 

 Serfs of Gauls, 316 

 Serjeants of the king, 356 

 Serpent, 300 ; serpents eaten by horses, 



194 



Servius Tullius, constitution of, 308 

 Sesto Calende, 103; chariot of, t&. ; 



bucket at, ib. 

 Sethroite, nome, 230 

 Seti I, horses of, 229 

 Seure, M., 107 

 Shadingfield stock, 375 

 Shafi'y, form of Islam, 145 

 Shakespeare, 294 



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