THE NOMAD HERDSMEN AND HERDS OE THE STERPES. 



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the course of a day; if its load slips, it stops of its own accord. 

 With a rider it can cover aloout thirty miles a day; with a weight 

 of eight cwts. on its back, compelling it to a slow but striding step, 

 it should manage at least half that distance. It grazes almost 



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Fig 68.— Kirghiz with Camels. 



always in the vicinity of the yurt, in company with all its fellows 

 of the aul, and in the eyes of the Kirghiz it is to a certain exte-nt a 

 sacred animal. 



The dog, which is the least valued animal owned by the Kirghiz, 

 is always large but not always beautiful, though the difference 



