[175] Rawlinson, The Five Great Monarchies, vol. i. p. 351; Layard, Monuments, first series, plate 58. Second series, plates 26 and 29.
[176] Layard, Monuments, first series, plates 58 and 60.
[177] Place, Ninive, vol. ii. p. 233.
[178] Among the reliefs in which the Assyrian horse may be best studied, are the slabs from the palace of Sennacherib, in which a string of horses led by grooms are shown (Layard, Monuments, second series, plate 7). They have no trappings or clothing of any kind to hide their form.
[179] Other incidents, figured with no less spirit, will be found in Rawlinson, The Five Great Monarchies, vol. i. pp. 355, 356; 516, 517.
[180] Layard, Nineveh, vol. ii. p. 21, Monuments, first series, plate 61; second series, plate 50. Botta (Monuments de Ninive, plate 128), reproduces a group of camels sketched with a light hand, but with much truth and judgment.
[181] Layard, Nineveh, vol. ii. p. 433. All four faces of this obelisk are reproduced on plates 53–56 of the first series of Layard’s Monuments.
[182] Rawlinson, The Five Great Monarchies, vol. i. pp. 40 and 350; and Layard, Discoveries, p. 109.
[183] Layard, Nineveh, vol. ii. pp. 434, 435.
[184] Layard, Nineveh, vol. ii. p. 436. The Assyrians seem to have been much struck with these apes when they first appeared at Calah. This is shown by the care expended upon them by the sculptor of Shalmaneser’s obelisk; he has reproduced the bas-relief of Assurnazirpal on a smaller scale (Layard, Monuments, first series, Plate 55).