Boots, 169. Branding, 70. Brazil, 5, 48. Breaking back, 58. Breeches, 167. Breeding horses, 137, 228. Bridges, 62. Bridle, 115, 120. British Columbia, 24, 230. British Isles, 19, 43, 107, 139, 211. Broncho, 148, 180. Brown horses, 31, 47. Buckskin horses, _see_ Dun. Bucking, 28, 61, 78, 150. Build of horses, 10. Bulk of horses, 10. Bushes as reserve of food, 63. Buying, 182. Cactus, 57. Camels, 22, 208. Camps, 196. Canaan, 135-6. Canter, 186. Capture, 101 _et seq._ Carbon in food, 197. Carrots, 200. Carson, Kit, 204. Cart, 105. Cart horse, 40. Cavalry: Assyrian, 138; British, 211; charges, 79, 178; European, 178; Greek, 117-8-9; Hebrew, 131; Lydian, 138; Mexican, 178; Moslem, 141; Regular, 223; Roman, 120. Celtic pony (Ewart), 36, 39, 43, 44. Centaur, 117. Chapareras, 173. Character, 71, 81. Chargers: of Angels, 83; Black Bess, 202; Bucephalus (Alexander's), 201; of Charles XII., 202; Julius Cæsar's, 8; Odin's, 36; Pegasus, 115-6; Peschkov's, 202. Chariots, 106, 110, 117, 121, 133, 139. Chestnut horses, 31, 46. China, 127-8. Choking, 91. Cincha, _see_ girth. Circus, 101. Civil War: English, 209; American; 242. Clay, influence of, 39. Cleveland Bay, 145. Cliffs, 60-1-2. Climate, Chaps. I., II. Climbing, 60-1-2. Clipping, 203. Clothing, 231-2. Cloudland, 33, 34, 51, 52, 111. Clydesdales, 145. Coat, thickness of, 11; protection, 26. Cold, 196. Colic, 91, 199, 200. Colorado, 61. Colosseum, 101. Colour of horses, 4, 14 _et seq._, 46 to 53. Colts, 70. Columbia Basin, 23. Communication among horses, 89 _et seq._ Compass, 190. Constantinople, 120. Cooling a horse, 196-7. Copper ointments, 198. Corduroy roads, 62. Cornering, 77. Corrall, 101. Cossack, 178, 208. Cowboys, 148, 205. Cracked heels, 199. Cree Indians, 142. Croll theory, 16. Cromwell, Oliver, 209. Crowding, 77. Curb bitt, 160. Cyrene, 117, 223. Damaraland, 223. Danube, 115. Dapples, 50, 53. Dappled horses, 111 to 141. Darwin, 25. Dashboard, 106. Defence, methods of, 28, 66, 68, 71. Denmark, 45. Dervishes, 208. Deserts, 7, 8, 14, 57, 133. Destriérs, 145. Diamond hitch, 151. Diluvial horse, 40. Directions, trail, 191. Disease, 216. Docking tails, 2, 70. Double back, the, 118. Dragging the forefoot, 91. Dragons, age of, 2. Draught horses, 41, 121. Dreams of horses, 88. Dress of horsemen, 161. Drinking, habits in, 65. Driving, 106, 180. Dun horse, 14, 31-2, 51, 115-6, 121, 124 _et seq._ Dung, special places for, 68; indications of health, 91. Dust bath, 201. Ears, movements of, 89, 90, 91, 92. Eating horse flesh, 97, 99. Egypt, 131 to 137. Elizabeth, Queen, 210. English methods, 151. Equatorial regions, 18, 19. Equites, 122. Equipment, 152. Erythrea, 223. Europe, Chap. II. Ewart, Prof. J. Cosser, F.R.S., vii.-x., 40. Exhaustion, 197. Eyesight, 156. Family life of horses, 66-7.