Excerpt from The Horse and His Diseases: Embracing His History and Varieties, Breeding and Management and Vices; With the Diseases to Which He Is Subject, and the Remedies Best Adapted to Their Cure Although in the history of Abraham frequent mention is made of the ass, of the camel, of flocks and herds, sheep and oxen, there is no allusion to the horse; nor, indeed, do we find any such until we reach the time of Joseph. 'in the reign of that Pharaoh in whose service. Joseph was, wagons were sent by the king's command into Canaan, to bring thence into Egypt Jacob and his sons, their wives and their little ones, during the prevalence of the famine against which Joseph had provided. It is not recorded that those wagons were drawn by horses; but the inference that such was the fact is by no means irrational, when we remember that it was during the continu ance of this famine that horses are first mentioned, having been taken by Joseph in exchange for bread from the Egyp tian cultivators and cattle-breeders; that on the death of, msroar' or m noses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.