animmial

Updated: July 9, 2026

Although the desert appears incapable of supporting animmial life, there are in the undulating surface numerous shallow sandy ravines, in which are tufts of a herbage so coarse that, as a source of nourishment, it would be valueless to a domestic animal: nevertheless, upon this dry and wiry substance the delicate gazelles subsist; and, although they never fatten, they are exceedingly fleshy and in excellent condition.

Sir Samuel White Baker - The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs