Small in stature, but of exquisite symmetry and wonderful powers of endurance, they are highly prized throughout the East, and constitute the chief wealth of the wandering tribes who occupy the greater portion of Mesopotamia.

The sheep and goats are also of good breeds, and produce wool of an excellent quality.

[PLATE XXX., Fig.

2.] The cows and oxen cannot be commended.

The dogs kept are chiefly greyhounds, which are used to course the hare and the gazelle.
[Illustration: PLATE 30] It is probable that in ancient times the animals domesticated by the Assyrians were not very different from these.