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For the use of the lasso by Sarmatians cf. Paus. i. 21. 8σειραῖς περιβαλόντες τῶν πολεμίων ὁπόσοις καὶ τύχοιεν, τοὺς ἵππους ἀποστρέψαντες ἀνατρέπουσι τοὺς ἐνσχηθέντας ταῖς σειραῖς”. It is ascribed to the Persians by the Shahnahmeh, to the Parthians by Suidas, and is represented on Assyrian monuments (Macan). It was also practised by the Huns and Alans, as it still is by cowboys and Indians in America.

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