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The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria

CHAPTER II
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[PLATE XXVI., Fig.

1.] The ears are too short, the head is too fine, the legs are not fine enough, and the form altogether approaches too nearly to the type of the horse.

The deer, the gazelle, and the ibex all occur frequently; and though the forms are to some extent conventional, they are not wanting in spirit.

[PLATE XXVII.] Deer are apparently of two kinds.

That which is most commonly found appears to represent the gray deer, which is the only species existing at present within the confines of Assyria.


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