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from Mecca to Djedda in twelve hours, as also some 
horses and asses in the great caravans; but they are ab- 
solutely nothing among the immense number of camels 
that traverse the desert. 
This animal is well treated, and taken great care of 
by its master; but it is condemned to work to its latest 
breath. It dies most frequently under its burden; and 
the roads are a continued burying ground of the carcases 
of camels. 
After having paid the greatest attention, I did not ob- 
serve any sensible difference between the camels of 
Arabia and those of the West. 
Dry grass in bundles is sold in all the markets as 
food for these useful creatures, the horses and asses. 
I saw at Mecca a very fine species of cow, without 
any horns, and with a hump on its back. These ani- 
mals come from the East. I was told they were used 
to ride upon, and as beasts of burden; as also that they 
travelled with great celerity, and gave a great deal of 
milk. 
There are few dogs in the streets of Mecca; those 
that I saw appeared to be a species of shepherd's dog. 
These animals are without owners, and range about at 
pleasure. 
The cats are of the European species, but a little 
smaller. 
The sheep are large, and have large tails, though not 
so much so as those of the southern countries. 
There is a species of goat, very large and pretty, with 
horns more than twenty-four inches long. 
The oxen and cows are in general small, and have 
short horns, as at Morocco. 
The number of pigeons is immense; they belong to 
no particular person, but fly freely about, and build 
