, 1877-12-08


and more comfortable than the houses occu-
pied by their owness Tho raising Of fowls r. Ia
cifitated By means Of hatchtng' houses, to which
the eggs aro brought In the sprtng, and tho en-
bro developed By artificial heat. Geese, ducks,
md turkeys arc not abundant.
The camel is tho most important domestic 0u-
tmat IN Egynt; and after this como tho donkey,
The mule, and the horse. The old long g~horncd
By the destructive epidemic Of 1903 and tho fol-
lowing years. Imported cattle become acc!!ma-
ttzcd With difficulty. The xebu Is used in plow-
;nT p and turning the watc.,rhe:l and the butla.
though slow at work, and yielding good rich
milk. tough but nourishnE .ncsh. and stout
leather. Tho sheep and the Eoat furnish
Pork is catcn neither by tho jew nor w the sio-
ltnmncIan: Jet lts strict prohibition IS based,
in the opinion OF DR.. klunzfnGcs. "morc on n
prejudice borrowed from the ancient Egyptians
!n Cairo and Alexandria, and the Greeks in
unpcr Egypt, partako OF 1t without bad effects,
and tho nattrcs thcmsclvcs cat tic fattcst
mutton, cycn In the hot scasou.h
the latter is much better treated by tho 1slam!tc
than the former. Tho striped hyena is the most
forrntdablc Of thn cdrnIsorous fnasonalIa IN:
hab!tlnE Eerpt. II seldom otsackt nan, and
not TO he had. It often makes a meal Of she'll
hsh found on ti,o scashorc. Tho jncknl prows
sronntl settled nciehborhoo1:; and tic Nilc fo1
beunts tue pouHff-fhftl ana Tue QhFdensr cA-
cared for, Or ienncc. O.hcr beasts of
rrev. arc tl'e swamr;!ynE, tlo wild.
bclon9a to Lover EGypt: tho gaelic Anl ttin
stelnbok inhabit tho desert; md tho hare IL
common TO- II and the Nile. Tic tcrtoas anil
aand-1ncc dwell tn burrows run obaiquoly into
shrca are often met With: and, besides tho do
incstIcmlcc anl rats, 1cid~ln!ce abound Ia cult.
rated grounds. md In some places arc esteemed
a. dainty articles Of food The pretty little
tic desert !efy difIicult 70 catch: The most u
tcrcssnE q the bat tribe ls the da.c-eatinE
|'rampyrc {Pteropus Agvpticus>, which, de spiec
Its namc, Is innocent Of blood-sucklnG.
Upper Egypt still fmtnolatcs annually eornc
human victims. The warnlng-lzard tStoniioe}
whict. resembles the crocodile, IA often seen on
the. banks Of the rtscr, and its canals,
curs In the lcsert. "Hayly-eolored lizards may bo
seen everywhere summing themselves on bhnka;
and, into tho lower part OF tho wall OF almost
every house. tho slippery seine, which was FORM
wills Of rooms glide ind squeak the small noe
t.1Enal 0crtos, the plfcrlnE hut otherwise hastn-
less fathers Of leirusy.' Here and there, upon
trees, the chameleon. 80 celebrated for is
groun!.agamas and harluns, which arc somc.
times prctttly colorcG, several feet long, ant
with long, rin0ed tails, prefer the desert"
., About twenty spcciss of scrpents arc founA IN
African cobra and tho horned viper are among
| the most vcnomuus. Over eighty species ot
Ashcs have been found IN Tho Mic, most OF
| Ehel, arc peculiar. At tho annual overflow ok
the river. the Gsh swim Into tho canals and oTGr
the inundated land. and. as tho water dffcs oil,
| immune numbers are left to perish Frogs and
| toads, which hare bred In tho stagnant waters
remaining after the river recedcs, incct with tho
fotn Ahu NJ
| spawned. only few surviving In peculiarly
| muist places to preserve tho rncc.
I butterflies aro remarkably scarce. but small
moths are more abundant. Beetles arc not
numerous. The best known fs The batl-rofllnE
beetle {Atenclus saccr), the 3earabGu8 ot tlIu
nuctents. In tic desert = black beetle {A1csmIa
cothurnata) IL moro noticeable than any others,
ts9h T. ntst ASSOCIATION Tt
fu these arid regions spiders also afe very
| abundant, onc Of which 10 pretty largo bird
spider. 'AOnc Of the most common insects Of
ea@es te xoes 81 oyery sea.
! son Of tho ycar It runs Rboui upon the ground.
especially under bushes, and attaches Itself to
the arms OF the canets as they lie at rest; hero
Il sucks lssefl full Of blood, and then has the
Numerous large scorpions live under stouca anti
| bushes In tue desert, NJ also Ia dwellings, and
In Limestone rcet., especially on the coast' tho
The Hy,ncnop.cra arc we'll represented. Ants
| swarm every ywhere, and, ellcCtinG an c1ttaneo
Into all the houses, dcyour every article oi fool
that Is not carefully protected fran their as
saults. Locusth arc q great plague In tic land,
and coekFoaghes arc oreeAaIvcIy tr0uhlosotne.
Beautiful dragut,-Illes ait0un,l A1unx tue Mic
mud Its cannfa. 6eYcfai hundred species OF tho
Diptcra are known. Tho housc.QY and tho NOS
quito are prevalent even In the heart vi thu
desert, md constitute q perpetual torrent: Tia
larva OF tho mosquito intest all poofs Of stag.
nant water, antl eyen swarm In the drinking
wutcr, which has tu bq straiucu before usc,-
s'thc common people managing this by plsctn9
their coat.slecye between thclr lips aud the
pitcher. Moro tlIan cnough Of Other vern1in
also cxisl ln the land at pal1us, ,--such as dlcs,
bugs, aud Iicr, In all known forms. To thcac
must lu alldci, also. scorpions, tarantuas, and
ccnt!pcdrs, and thoaa seourGes OF tho cattlo,
Entlt!icB Ind ticka.'
Tho munotonnus character Of the scenery II
Egypt extends to lhv fauna and Aora, which cx,
l,lbii a remarkable scarttty ot specles Ia ncallI
all classes.
I SINGING MICE.
Tho subject Of singing miCo Ia receiving con
siderable attention among the subscribers Il
Nature, and letters describing tho muscal hab
rs of these interesting little creatures arc con
trlbutcd BY various observers. One, wri!knl
from Mention, France, says: "Last winter III
occupied tho rooms VIC now do at Mention