. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. OF A Rll)IN<, 156 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. place, has long been, anddrink, and from it severalas koumiss, are made, whichtonic properties. If we takea map and mark the fron-tiers within which maresmilk, goats milk, camelsmilk, and cows milk aredrunk, we shall find thatthe territory of the con-sumers of mares milk ismuch the largest. To peoples living in astate of nature the horsesskin has always been veryuseful for the making; of garments, tents, and southern Russia the shep-herds clothe themselves withthe
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. OF A Rll)IN<, 156 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. place, has long been, anddrink, and from it severalas koumiss, are made, whichtonic properties. If we takea map and mark the fron-tiers within which maresmilk, goats milk, camelsmilk, and cows milk aredrunk, we shall find thatthe territory of the con-sumers of mares milk ismuch the largest. To peoples living in astate of nature the horsesskin has always been veryuseful for the making; of garments, tents, and southern Russia the shep-herds clothe themselves withthe skins of wild ponies. Cer-tain of the Tartar tribes wearnothing but horse skins so puton that the mane floats grace-fully down their backs. Butwe need not look so far of our own gloves andshoes of Russia leather,with their brilliancy and theirperfume, were cut out ofhorses hides. Horse grease, or rather tal-low, is used in great quantitiesfor lighting purposes in Uru-guay, where thirty thousandis still, a favorite horses are killed yearly to furnish the supply,preparations, such Chinese ladies always keep
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