and bushes, but the
camel had not taken a single bite at any of them. That showed that he
did not even _see_ those shrubs and bushes on his right side. And that
of course meant that his right eye was blind."

"That is very clever of you," the judge said. "But how did you know
that the camel was lame in his left hind foot?"

"That was just as simple," the clever man again answered very
modestly. "As the camel walked along, the marks of his two front feet
and right hind foot were quite deep and clear on the ground. But the
mark of his left hind foot was very faint. That showed that the camel
was limping, and the left hind foot only just touched the ground. So I
knew that he was lame in that foot."

"That is also very clever of you," the judge said. "But how did you
know that the camel was carrying honey on his right side, and corn on
his left?"

"That was the simplest of all," the clever man answered most modestly.
"As the camel was limping, nearly every step he took jerked the load
on his back. So a few drops of the honey fell to the ground from the
package on his right side, and a few grains of the corn fell to the
ground from the package on his left side."

"But you could not see very well here and there on the ground just a
few drops of honey or just a few grains of corn?" the judge said.

"_I_ could not," the clever man answered, "but the _bees_ and the
_ants_ could! On the right side of the road I found a swarm of bees
here and there; so I knew that they were trying to pick up the honey.
And on the left side of the road I saw a whole lot of ants here and
there; so I knew that they were trying to pick up and carry away the
grains of corn."

Now was it not really clever of that man to find all that out about
the camel, without ever seeing the camel before? But, as you
understand, he knew all about the _habits_ of different animals; and
so he knew what camels and bees and ants always do.

CHAPTER XIII

Bears

_Bears_ are such funny animals, at least some kinds of bears, that you
may like to know all about them.

Bears are found in many countries, and in some countries there are
several kinds of bears.

But you must remember this: _hardly any bear lives in the tropics_;
that means countries where the sun is almost overhead all the months
of the year, so that it is very hot all the time.

But why does not the bear usually live there? Can you guess?

Because the bear is a very _hairy_ animal; a