The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-07-29
About Mans Animal Friends.

The dog is the most widely distri.
buted of the domestic animals. He
lives in the lowly hut Of the African
savage and is the companion Of the
Greenland Esquimaux, the most
northern inhabitants Of the world.
He is in fact the inseparable compan-
ion of man and is found wherever the
human race exists. His hebitat 10
thus extended further south than that
of any other domestic animal.
The horse also has very wide hab-
itat. He lives north Of the Arctic
circle only in the northern parts Of
Norway and Sweden, the northe:n
half of North America and the north
ern third Of Asia never see him. The
most northern part Of his habitat in
is around the northern shores Of
the Sea of Ohkotsk and in the neigh
borhood Of Yakutsk on the Lena Riv-
er.
South Of this latitude he is found
nearly everywhere except in very moist
and hot regions, like the Amazon ba-
sin and equatorial Africa aud the
southern part Of India. He thrives
in the dry heat Of The Sahara Desert
in many Of the cases, but he would be
sought for in vain in tropical Africa
between the latitude of the Capo Verde
Islands and the Tropic Of Capricon.
When explorers pushed northward
from the Congo their native servants
we're greatly surprised on reaching
region near Lake Chad to find the
horse in abundance. Their astonish-
'nent was unbounded when they saw
the horsemen Of the Soudan on the
fleetest Of riding animals that had ever
met their gaze.
The mule is more generally distri-
buted over South America than any
other of the continents, being found
there everywhere, excepting along
part Of the hot, damp coast between
Pernambuco and Rio Janeiro; and he
Is also practically unknown in the
Gulanas, the Amazon and Terra del
Fuego.
His home covers perhaps fifth 90
much area as that OF the horse. There
are few mules around our great lakes
excepting along their southern shores,
but from the lakes the animal extends
southward to the Straits Of Magellan.
His home in all temperate and hot
countries is practically ooextensive
with that OF the horse, but it does not
extend nearly as far north as the
horse range and he is not found in
tho deserts.
The range of the ass is about as
large az that of the mule, but he lives
in Asia, far to the northeast Of the
mules habitat, and his habitat
stretches across the continent as far
as Irkutsk on Lake Balkal.
The range Of tho tame reindeer has
been widely extended in Northern
Asia by the tribes that number him
among their valuable assets; and now
he is in process Of being widely intro.
duced into Alaska. Civilization,
therefore, has done much to extend
the habitat of this animal to the south,
but the domestioated reindeer has not
been introduced into mist of tho great
regions of the Arctic, where the wild
animal roams at will.
The range Of cattle is practically
coextonsive with that Of the horse.
Cattle, however, are found more ex-
tensive in very hot, damp climates
than the horse and are entirely ab-
sent from dry desert regions where
the hors. is found in considerable
numbers.
Cattle, for example, are wholly
lacking in the desert of Sahara, but
they Craze in the southern part Of In
dia, where no horses are found. They
are grown wherever grass thrives, ex-
cept in some hot regions Of excessive
humidity, while the horse is impor-
tant only in regions where grain
supplements grass as part Of his
food.
The hen embraces nearly oil the
world. and it's range would be as great
as that of the dog if it extended farth-
er north and south; but it is found
north Of the ARCTIC Circle only in Nor
way and Sweden and is as yet lacking
in the southern part Of South America,
except where the Scotch have settled
in Patagonia.
Travellers throughout the most Of
Africa and India and in many little
known parts of the world can usually
add chickens to their food resources
without difficulty; but there are some