Nature seems to have made the goby in one of her most freakish moods.

It is equally at home in the earth, the air, and the water; and at different times in the day may be observed swimming in the stream, basking upon the surface of the tidal banks, and burrowing deep in the mud.
The domestic animals are camels, horses, buffaloes, cows and oxen, goats, sheep, and dogs.

The most valuable of the last mentioned are grayhounds, which are employed to course the gazelle and the hare.

The camels, horses, and buffaloes are of superior quality; but the cows and oxen seem to be a very inferior breed.

The goats and the sheep are small, and yield a scanty supply of a somewhat coarse wool.