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the human inhabitants of these arctic lands consume 

 enormous quantities of blubber and other animal 

 fats for the same reason, and it may be foimd that 

 the milk of the women contains an amount of fat 

 that is far in excess of that which is common in more 

 temperate climates." 



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Now, it is evident that even if the nomads of 

 Africa, Asia, and India possessed the infonnation 

 concerning the chemical composition of the various 

 kinds of milk which is now before us, it would not 

 take them long to decide in favor of the camel. 

 Economically speaking, they would have no choice, 

 since the camel is the only one of the animals in- 

 cluded in the comparison which is adapted to the 

 peculiar conditions of the desert. The reason why 

 practically all the numerous Biblical references to 

 milk are to the milk of either the goat or the sheep, 

 indicating that the cow was not the common milch 

 animal of Palestine, is simply that the country was, 

 as a whole, not suited to the pasturing of large cattle, 

 though wonderfully well adapted to the needs of 

 sheep and goats." In this country efforts made to 

 domesticate the camel failed, the animal being un- 

 economical." For this reason, of the three animals 

 whose milk most nearly resembles that of the human 

 mother in its chemical composition, one is unavail- 



