. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . A HEED OF ONAGERS PURSUED BY DOGS AND WOUNDED BY period to tame them and make use of them to draw chariots ; but this attempteither did not succeed at all, or issued in such uncertain results, that it was 1 This is the rimu of the texts and the colossal bull of the hunting scenes (W. Houghton, On theMammalia, in the Transactions of the Bill. Arch. Soc, vol. v. pp. 336-340). 2 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from an Assyrian bas-relief from Nimrûd (Layard, Monuments ofNineveh, 1st series, pi. 11). The animal is partially hidden by the wheels of
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . A HEED OF ONAGERS PURSUED BY DOGS AND WOUNDED BY period to tame them and make use of them to draw chariots ; but this attempteither did not succeed at all, or issued in such uncertain results, that it was 1 This is the rimu of the texts and the colossal bull of the hunting scenes (W. Houghton, On theMammalia, in the Transactions of the Bill. Arch. Soc, vol. v. pp. 336-340). 2 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from an Assyrian bas-relief from Nimrûd (Layard, Monuments ofNineveh, 1st series, pi. 11). The animal is partially hidden by the wheels of the chariot. 3 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a bas-relief in the British Museum (cf. Place, Ninive, pi. 51,1). 560 ANCIENT CHALDJ2A. given up as soon as other less refractory animals were made the subjects ofsuccessful The wild boar, and his relative, the domestic hog,inhabited the morasses. Assyrian sculptors amused themselves sometimesby representing long gaunt sows making their way through the cane-brakes,followed by their inter
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