sheep, but it is not so easy to describe the difference. Some goats have hair alone, and others wear a large amount of wool. The appear

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ance of the common goat we know. his beard, his short, erect tail, his strong legs and high hoofs, all mark him as different from the sheep.

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are made into fine kid gloves. In the Central Park in New York, trained goats are driven to small carriages, and add greatly to the pleasure of children. The goat has more intelligence than the sheep.

The Cashmere goat of Thibet wears a long hair, under which a fine, soft wool grows, a half pound of which is gathered from a single animal, and sells at the rate of a dollar and a half a pound.

Of this precious wool the cashmere shawls are made. Equally attractive is the Angora goat, which is at home about the city of Angora, in Asia Minor. It yields about two and a half pounds of fine, silky hair. The skin of this kind of goat, as prepared at the city of Morocco, is the genuine and valuable morocco leather.

51. THE SHIP OF THE DESERT.

IF the desert may be called a sea of sand, then the camel is a good ship to sail over that sandy sea. The Arab proverb says: "His gait is so soft that you may drink a cup of coffee while you ride him." Some people, however, have thought camel-riding tiresome and unpleasant. This is because some camels ride easily, while others move roughly.

The desert is as dry as the ocean is wet. No animal, except the camel, can endure the crossing of its scorching sands, under the fierce burning of the tropical sun. If watered at night before starting, the camel can carry his load of five hundred pounds or more for two days, traveling a distance of a hundred miles before he drinks again. From Cairo in Egypt to Suez and Mecca is a great public road. Over this road

camels are driven in long processions or caravans. A single caravan has contained six thousand camels.

Besides his load of freight or passengers, the camel carries food and drink for his driver and other riders. While he is moving, the Arabs often sleep on his back; and their women sometimes grind wheat and cook food on the deck of this dry ship. The distance from Cairo to Suez is eighty-four miles. The camel will perform this journey in twelve hours. When more than a mile away from a well he will smell the water, and then the whole caravan, almost like a herd of buffaloes, will rush for the well.

What a sober face he has! What an awkward neck! What an ugly hump on his back! What queer legs, and what odd feet! Some one has truly said that the camel is the ugliest and most necessary animal. He is fitted to his place. His legs are long, limber, and without a pound of flesh, except the necessary muscles. Each foot rests on a pad or cushion, and has two toes covered by hoofs.

There are also hard pads on the camel's breast, and on the joints of his legs, to protect the animal when he kneels to receive his burden. Like the cow, the deer, and the sheep, the camel is a cud-chewer. Unlike these animals he has two nipping teeth in his upper jaw. In the largest

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of his four stomachs are water-cells. store away water, which at times rises to moisten the throat and to refresh the dry lips.

The camel of Africa and Arabia has a single hump, and is called the dromedary. The camel of Northern Persia is the Bactrian camel, and has two humps. The length of the dromedary is about ten feet, and the height seven feet. The Bactrian is larger than the dromedary. The camel's hump is a lump of fat, which increases

rapidly when he has plenty of green food, and then serves as a store-house of food which nourishes the beast during his long fasts. Bactrian camels are used in harness and before wagons. A pair of them can draw a weight of over three thousand pounds a journey of fifty miles a day, without food, water, or rest.

The young camel or calf is raised among the children in the tent, and is separated from his mother when he is a year old. A ring is riveted in his nose to hold him with, if necessary, and he is taught to kneel when he receives his burden. He wears no bit in his mouth, but is guided by a single strap attached to his nose. When four years old he is fit for service.

Sometimes a camel becomes particularly angry at his master. Then he may be dangerous, but he is equally foolish. The Arab treats him in this way: He strips off his clothes and throws them down before the enraged beast and then hides behind him. The stupid animal dashes away at the clothes until his anger is satisfied, when the driver returns, puts on his abused garments, and the trouble is soon forgotten.

The milk of the camel is used by the Arabs as cow's milk. The flesh of the calf is delicate, like veal. The coat is colored like the sand of the desert. The long, coarse hair is made into halter ropes, sackcloth and tent covering. The