fruits and flowers, grapes, lemons, oranges, and figs, but no nuts.
The aloe and myrtle grow to a great size, and the almond and wild
chestnut are very plentiful. There are scarcely any manufactures, but
the farmers keep immense flocks of sheep, and herds of cattle; and
there is a vast quantity of fine wool sent every year to England; and
ships provisions, such as beef, pork, and butter, are supplied to the
vessels sailing to India, Australia, and many other parts of the
world; their other chief export is Cape wine.

In some parts of this country are large herds of zebras, antelopes,
and giraffes, which are usually preyed upon by lions, obliging the
shepherds to watch their flocks, and the farmers to ride about with
loaded guns. A strange mode, my little readers will think, of being
shepherds.

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There have been no scarcity of French contributions; rich silks,
velvets, satins, linens, fruits, woods, herbs, statues, machinery,
furniture, iron-work, glass, plate, and a heap more of industrial
products; and such splendid carpets. In the "Arabian Nights'
Entertainments" we read about the Palaces of Fairies and Genii, with
the floors covered with the richest carpets, and divans and cushions
or gorgeous tapestry, and we long to see these carpets in reality; and
so we shall at the Exhibition, for there are some so magnificent, that
I do not think the Princess Badroulboudour, or the Fairy Queen Pari
Banou, ever sat on finer. And charming little models of ships; and
such beautiful fans. Do you know how many persons it takes to make a
fan? Fifteen; and although those fans at the Exhibition are each worth
several guineas, yet, in France, tens of thousands are sold at not