FOOD OF VARIOUS ANIMALS AND BIRDS 
and a pint in the evening, added to the other food, con- 
sisting of clover, etc. In less than a week the animal 
recovered its appetite, and became perfectly well and 
strong. 
Goats are generally more hardy than sheep, but may 
be treated in the same manner. All ruminating animals 
should have a lump of rock-salt in their houses, they lick 
so much as they require and no more. There is no danger 
of them taking more than is good for them. 
DEER {CERVIDJE). 
The elk, deer, and goat feed on the same kinds of food 
as the camel, with an addition of a little crushed Indian 
corn now and again, this as a change ; but in the case of 
the camel I find the Indian corn has a tendency to increase 
the mangy state of its skin. I therefore avoid this kind 
of food for the camel. 
THE CAMEL (CAiMELID^), 
The food of the camel should be dry clover or meadow 
hay, chaff, bran, oats, carrots, mangold and onions. 
Camels are very fond of onions, and occasionally they have 
a quart or more in cold and bad weather. They should 
be fed twice a day, but they generally get fed with buns, 
biscuits, bread, etc., by the visitors. I find these animals 
do best when they are used to carry the children. Unless 
they are well under control and have a very good driver 
they are very dangerous ; an ill-tempered man should not 
be in charge of the animal, but one with plenty of patience 
and determination. 
If the beast is much ill-used he is sulky and trouble- 
some, but with fair treatment may be rendered very 
tractable. The camel’s skin is likely to become mangy, 
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