132 THE LIBYANS 



have always been exempt from labour, attend 

 ed by human servants, treated as a nobilitj 

 From very early times they were admitted t 

 the private family life of the Libyan people 

 and driven with the four-spoke wooden chario 

 until both men and women learned to rid 

 them. 



In much the same spirit as our country foil 

 go to town for shopping, it was the pleasan 

 custom of these Libyans to raid Egypt 

 Between war and commerce the Egyptian 

 brought Bay horses into their own use at som 

 time later than the visit of Abraham, but prio 

 to that of Joseph. This might be about thi 

 eighteenth century b.c. the era of Stonehenge 



Shortly afterwards horses and chariots begai 

 to appear in the painting and sculpture o 

 Egyptian artists. Horses must still have beei 

 scarce when the Pharoah gave to Joseph ; 

 signet and royal robes, but only lent him hi 

 second best chariot. It is true that the peopL 

 already owned a few horses, for in the grea 

 famine Joseph accepted them in trade foj 

 grain. 



It was in that generation that the dyinj 

 Jacob, speaking from knowledge commoi 

 among the civilized Egyptians, mentioned botl 

 ships and horses. He was frank enough to cal 



