Scribner's magazine . Vol. XVI.—8 86 BEASTS OF BURDEN value to man. No other of oui*^ domes-ticated creatures, except the camel, areso specially adapted to the needs which our flocks and herds. It yields goodmilk, the flesh is edible, though in theold animals not savorv, and the hair can. Domesticated Buffaloes in Egypt. peculiarities of climate impose upontheir possessors. The relations of the goat to mankindare in certain ways peculiar. The creat-ure has long been subjugated, probablyhaving come into the human family be-fore the dawn of history. It has beenalmost as widely disseminated, amon
Scribner's magazine . Vol. XVI.—8 86 BEASTS OF BURDEN value to man. No other of oui*^ domes-ticated creatures, except the camel, areso specially adapted to the needs which our flocks and herds. It yields goodmilk, the flesh is edible, though in theold animals not savorv, and the hair can. Domesticated Buffaloes in Egypt. peculiarities of climate impose upontheir possessors. The relations of the goat to mankindare in certain ways peculiar. The creat-ure has long been subjugated, probablyhaving come into the human family be-fore the dawn of history. It has beenalmost as widely disseminated, amongbarbarian and civilized peojoles alike,as the sheep. It readily cleaves to thehousehold, and exhibits much more in-telligence than the other members of
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