INDEX. 



Acacia, 57. 



Action of Light, theory ^^^of. 



Chap. II. and p. 160. 

 Afghans, 223. 

 Africa, 29, 31, 56, 177, 



230. 

 Agriculture, horses in, 145. 

 Alaska, 21. 

 Alberta, 230. 

 Alcohol, 197. 

 Alexander the Great, 138, 



201, 

 Alkali, 59. 

 America : 



Central, 16. 



North, Chps. I. and II., 

 horsemen of, 148. 



South, 20. 

 Ancestors of horse, 2. 

 Apples, 200. 

 Argentine, 152, 177, 223 ; 



Remounts, 232. 

 Arabia, 28, 70, 139, 209. 

 Armenia, 137-8. 

 Armies, 224. 

 Armour, 145. 

 Arms, 174. 



Ass, 9, 29, 30, 35, 130, 208. 

 Assyria, 14, 136, 138. 

 Atlantic, 2 ; Continent, 5. 

 Austraha, 152, 155, 169, 177, 



203, 230. 



Babylonia, 135. 

 Backfalls, 79. 

 Baffin's Bay, 19. 

 Balance in riding, 221. 

 Baltic, 19, 42, 43, III. 

 Barb, 28, 131, 209. 

 Bathing, 6. 



Bay, 14, 31, 32, 46, 1 1 7-8, 



129 et seq. 



Bearded horses, 23, 36. 



Bells, 197. 



Bent leg riding, 143, 207. 



Bering Land, 21, 24. 



Bering Sea, 16, 21, 24. 



Biblical record, 129. 



Billets for horses, 233. 



Birch, Major, " Modern Rid- 

 ing," 226 



Biting, 74. 



Bitt, 109, 119, 156. 



Bivouac, 241. 



Blackfeet, 107, 116. 



Blanket, 153, 198. 



Black horses, 47. 



Blisters, 153, 198. 



Bolas, 176. 



Bolting, 75. 



Bone, 39. 



Boers, 29, 179, 223. 



Boots, 169. 



Branding, 70. 



Brazil, 5, 48. 



Breaking back, 58. 



Breeches, 167. 



Breeding horses, 137, 228. 



Bridges, 62. 



Bridle, 115, 120. 



British Columbia, 24, 230. 



British Isles, 19, 43, 107, 139, 

 211, 



Broncho, 148, 180. 



Brown horses, 31, 47. 



Buckskin horses, see Dun. 



Bucking, 28, 61, 78, 150. 



Build of horses, 10. 



Bulk of horses, 10. 



Bushes as reserve of food, 63. 



Buying, 182. 



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