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VERTEBRATA. 
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN WAE-HOESES, FROM THE MONUMENTS. 
was a great mirsery of horses, as is Tartary in modern times, and tliese animals have in all ages 
constituted a large part of the military strength of these regions. 
The ancient Parthia was a portion of the present Independent Tartary, and to its horses we 
must attribute its chief celebrity in war. The contiguous countries of Media and Armenia from 
the earliest ages possessed fine breeds of horses, and they were cultivated in large numbers. In 
ANOIfiST J?AIlTniANS. 
all these portions of Asia the horse — adapted alike to the climate and the spirit of the people — 
has been a favorite animal from time immemorial. The ancient Scythian on horseback was in 
&ot almost the realization of the centaur ; his descendant, the modern Tartar, almost lives on 
