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the direction characteristic either of the Egyptian or the Indian 

 breed, but rather that of Bos taurus. On the other hand, in the 

 plain colour, the want of curly hair on head and neck, and the 

 long spines of the neck vertebras they resemble the Egyptian 

 species. The history of this breed is possibly something of this 

 kind : Fundamentally it belongs to the Egyptian stock, which 



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in early days travelled from east to west across Africa by way 

 of Lake Chad and the Niger to the Mandingo Plateau. But 

 the Tawareq or Berbers coming from the north, along the sea- 

 coast or from oasis to oasis' in the Sahara, brought with them 



' We know by the rock engravings in the Sahara Desert that, before the 

 camel became abundant as a domestic animal, the only means tlie Berbers had 

 of travelling from oasis to oasis in the desert was by means of oxen. 



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