128 XENOPKON ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



20. (Page 27.) The stable was part of the town- 

 house, and was situated on one side of the front 

 door. In the country it may have been an out- 

 building. 



21. (Page 27.) Aristotle (Oeconomica, i, 6, 4) 

 tells of a Persian who was asked, " What is the best 

 thing to make a horse plump? " and who answered, 

 " His master's eye." 



22. (Page 28.) Barley was the ordinary feed 

 for Greek horses. Apsyrtus says that the disease 

 was an indigestion coming from eating when out 

 of breath after a journey or a run. Among the 

 symptoms he mentions that the horse is doubled 

 up, cannot bend his legs, and refuses to move, 

 throws himself down, and takes his food lying. 

 A like account is given by Vegetius (Mulomedi- 

 cina, 5, 43, i). Aristotle calls the disease incu- 

 rable '< unless it cures itself" (H. A. 8, 24, 4). 



Besides barley, Greek horses were frequently fed 

 on spelt, sometimes on hay ; and wheat is men- 

 tioned two or three times by Homer. A mash of 

 barley and green herbs was prescribed in cases 

 when a mash would now be given. 



23. (Page 28.) Courier tried the experiment, 

 and describes it as follows : " A Bari, ville maritime 

 de la Pouille pierreuse, on garnit le sol d'une 

 ^curie construite pour quatre chevaux, d'un lit 

 de cailloux pris sur la plage, et arrondis par la 



