The farmer and mechanic., 1907-08-20

| many animals as any other part OF the
world Tho Nile valley IL peppered
with cemels donkeys. ouffaloes and
sheep. either watched bY horders oil
| tied to stakes. grazing on clover and
other grasses No animal is allowed
| to Yun at large for there arc no fences
| and the cattle thief is everywhere IN
evidence. The fellahs are as shrewd
| as any people the world over, and
| strayed animal would be difficult to
recover Much OF the stock Is watch
ed by children. / see buffaloes fsed-
5ng In the green fields with nak ed
brown boys sitting on their backs and
whipping them this way and that II
they attempt to get into the drops ad-
Joining. Tho sheep and goats are Of
ten watched by the children or by
men who are too old to do hard work.
The donkeys, camels and COWS are
usually tied to stakes and can only
feed as far as their ropes will reach
The sheep of Egypt are fine. Many
OF them are Of the fat-talled variety.
some brown and some white The
goats and sheep feed together. AMI
there are some goats in almost every
flock OF the former
The donkey Is the chief riding
animal 1t is used by men. women
and children. and a common eight lis
the yelled wife Of one of these Mo-
hammedan farmers seated astride on
g. little donkey with her feet high up
rev cameis are used for riding except
ny the Bedouins out In the desert. and
1t Is only in the cities that buRRjes
carriages or wagons are to be seen.
In tho Country Villages.
,asaa Suppose oos we we go into one OF the VII
farmers live. The towns are collec-
uons OF mud huts with holes in the
W~ils for windows. They are scatter
eo e along narrow roadways and the
The average hut is so low that one
can look over Its roof when seated on
camel. II seldom contains more
man one or two rooms. and usually
has little yard outside. in which the
.a-idren and chickens roll about in
som etimes tied
above some OF the houses are towers
OF mud with holes in their sides. Tsese
''"ers are devoted to pigeons. which
@r9 Kept by the hundreds and which
are soid In the markets as we sell
cHiCAens The pigeons furnish a large
part OF the manure Of Exypt. and this
Is SO or both gardens and fields. The
manure Is mixed with earth ana cat
tered over the soil.
Almost every village has it's mosque
or cnurch, and often in addition tba
tomb OF some saint or holy man urho
mas lived there In the past The 80.
PIE worship at such tomb. and thtnk
eia' prdSerS made there avail ,,ora
than those made out in the fields or
In their own h-1ts ~
lhefe are no water FORKS In tbe ~
aihsIy country village. II the localitv
~ close TO the Nile the drtnlrtn. go
Wasning water Is brought from tbsra
70 ohe nuts on tho heads OF fhe ne
men and II not It comes from IT,
EihaSe Well. 1t Is not dirficult 70 go
Wafer by digging down a few fee, an,,
where IN the Nfie valley: and syar,
town has It's we'll The ytilsga syt 1ytery
usually shaded by palm trees. r. 10 70
oeIe tnat the mon gather abor,t ara
SoNtp at night. and there the wo,nnu
coMo 90 draw --,tsr and carry a bn,ra
ooon their heads ~ nome
How the Farmers 1--we.
me farmers houses have ~
usns about them, and no flow.rs
other ornamental decoration Tha or
aouholngs OF the towns are snus12i,
INC s mean. and the peasants ha
To,naIo[6 -, IN our sense of the 40
.y nhey have but little rurnitnra ,ra ,mora |
.heir houses. MANY - them s,en lnsioe
.he .t GROUND or on mats and man & on
ne. me same clothing at night that Wear .har
wsas IN the day time Out IN tnsy
country shoes seockinga ana , n tne