NOMADIC TRIBES. 131 recruitinof their strenorth. A second error was also prevalent, namely, that of not allowing tired or sick beasts to rest on the road, for they were driven on with the rest of the drove until they dropped.

Thus by bad management one half the cattle was annually lost, although they might easily have been preserved by more careful treatment, and would have been of invaluable assistance to the northern part of Eg}'pt, where the consumption of beasts is considerable.

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