somaliland British 31 LIVE-STOCK ; IRRIGATION ] a constitute the chief food of the Somalis . They are also exported in considerable quantities for the use of the Aden garrison. They have little wool and are never shorn, but their skins, being thin, fetch a good price on the American market for glove manufacture.

Along with every flock of sheep a few goats are found ; they give poor milk , and are of no particular value, although their flesh is eaten when mutton is not available. There is also a trade in goatskins, which are exported for the manufacture of glacé kid shoes and for book -binding.

There are large numbers of hardy small ponies, especially in the east, but their numbers are said to have been diminished greatly by the constant fighting since 1900. They are used solely for riding. Ostriches are almost domesticated in the interior, but their feathers are less valuable than those from the Cape.

(6 ) Irrigation Agriculture is usually said to offer poor prospects owing to the scantiness of the water -supply. It may, however, be pointed out that the country is by no means waterless ; numerous permanent springs exist, especially in the more mountainous parts, but as the water is only required for domestic needs it is com monly allowed to flow away and disappear beneath the surface. At Dubar in the maritime hills, hot springs exist, and the water from these, before it was required for the town of Berbera eight miles away , disappeared into the sand soon after it emerged from the rocks. To -day the water is collected in tanks and passed on in pipes to Berbera, where it supplies the entire population . In the same way the springs at Bi hendula, Armaleh, Daraas, Shamaheleh, Upper Sheikh , and Harawa in the Gadabirsi country, to mention