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sand-rabbits, while the Syrian desert has ceased to pro- 

 duce thorn-berries. Without moisture not even a curse- 

 can bear fruit. 



Where food is plenty, wind and weather seem to 

 modify the physique of a tramp animal. Most wild dogs 



MUSTANG COWS. 



are bushy-tailed, gaunt, and fox-headed, and for some 

 occult reason almost invariably black-muzzled. It is 

 their clan-mark: judging from the snout alone, few 

 naturalists would be able to distinguish a tramp dog 



