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The History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, Volume 3 (of 3)

Note 1979 — Chapter XI · EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.

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There are in modern times few countries where horses are cheaper and more numerous than in Colchis:—“Il n’y a point d’homme si pauvre dans la Colchide qui n’ait un cheval, car il ne coute rien à entretenir; entre les gentilshommes il y eu a qui en nourrissent deux cens et le prince en a cinq mille.” Lamberti, Relation de la Mingrelie, Voyages au Nord, t. vii. p. 193.

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