. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . to domestic use, such as the ass, buffalo, sheep,goat, dog, and dromedary, and the camel with two humps,whose gait caused so much merriment among the Ninevite observations of travellers, that the v?hole of Media was formerly wellwooded. ^ The apple obtained from Media was known as the Medicum malum, andwas credited with the property of being a powerful antidote to poison : itwas supposed that it would not grow anywhere outside Media. ^ In some places, as, for instance, at Kirmanshahan, the vine-stocks haveto be buried during the winte
. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . to domestic use, such as the ass, buffalo, sheep,goat, dog, and dromedary, and the camel with two humps,whose gait caused so much merriment among the Ninevite observations of travellers, that the v?hole of Media was formerly wellwooded. ^ The apple obtained from Media was known as the Medicum malum, andwas credited with the property of being a powerful antidote to poison : itwas supposed that it would not grow anywhere outside Media. ^ In some places, as, for instance, at Kirmanshahan, the vine-stocks haveto be buried during the winter to protect them from the frost. 3 Irrigation was effected formerly, as now, by means of subterraneancanals with openings at intervals, known as kandt. NISSAN HORSES 279 idlers when they beheld it in the triumphal processions oftheir kings ; there were, moreover, several breeds of horses,amongst which the Nissean steed was greatly prized onaccount of its size, strength, and agility.^ In short, Mediawas large enough and rich enough to maintain a numerous. NISiEAN HORSES HAKNESSED TO A KOYAL CHAKIOT.^ population, and offered a stable foundation to a monarchambitious of building up a new empire.^ 1 In the time of the Seleucides, Media supplied nearly the whole of Asiawith these animals, and the grazing-lands of Bagistana, the modern Behistun,are said to have supported 160,000 of them. Under the Parthian kingsMedia paid a yearly tribute of 3000 horses, and the Nistean breed was stillcelebrated at the beginning of the Byzantine era. Horses are mentionedamong the tribute paid by the Medic chiefs to the kings of Assyria. 2 Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph of the bas-relief from Persepolisnow in the British Museum. ^ The history of the Medes remains shrouded in greater obscurity thanthat of any other Asiatic race. We possess no original documents whichowe their existence to this nation, and the whole of our information con-cerning its history is borrowed from Assyrian and Babylonia
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