Domestic Animals

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The horse is one of the noblest and most useful
of the domestic animals. If properly managed, he is gentle
and sometimes manifests a strong attachment for his master. He
is fined in almost all climates. The dog is a
social animal and is the companion of man in all
civilized countries. He varies in size from the little lap

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dog to the large mastiff and hind. Some of them
are used to guard property from thieves. The cat is
a useful animal, and there are very few little boys
or girls that do not love the cat. In this
country it is usually black, white, or gray, but in
Asia it is red and at the Cape of Good

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Hope blue. In Egypt, cats were formerly worshiped, and severe
laws were passed against those who ill treated them. In
China they have little beds of down made for them,
while they have sil collars for their necks and beautiful
rings for their ears made of jasper or sapphire. The
Turks have little houses made for them and servants to

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attend them. The finest species of domestic cats are those
called angora. It is said that the cats of Russia
have their tails six times as long as their bodies.
The pig is not a very handsome animal, but makes
excellent food. He never seems to be tired of eating,
and if he has plenty of food, only stops to

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sleep or wallow in the dirt. He makes a sharp
squating noise when hungry. The camel is a native of
Africa and Arabia. It has two humps upon its back,
between which the natives lash their burdens. They have very
long legs and are thus able to travel through the
deep sands where no other animal can go. They have

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also an extra stomach where they can deposit water enough
to last them two or three weeks. Thus the camel
is able to try across the long deserts, where there
is neither food nor water for hundreds of miles. The
camel is very patient and never complains if he is
able to carry the load, but if not, he sinks

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upon the ground, uttering the most piteous cries. The Arabs
often eat their flesh and make butter of their milk
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