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Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco
Polo
Why does the author include information about the dry
climate?
They have sheep here that have no ears, nor even ear-
holes, but in the place where ears ought to be they have
little homs. They are small creatures and very pretty And
here is something else that may strike you as marvelous
their domestic animals-sheep, oxen, camels, and little
ponies—are fed on fish. They are reduced to this diet
because in all this country and in all the surrounding
regions there is no grass but it is the driest place in the
world. The fish on which these animals feed are very small
and are caught in March April, and May in quantities that
are truly amazing. They are then dried and stored in the
houses and given to the animals as food throughout the
year I can tell you further that the animals also eat them
alive as soon as they are drawn out of the water
to explain why the sheep have horns but no ears
O to explain why the sheep in the region are so small
to explain why people in the region have to feed their
animals fish
O to explain why there are such large quantities of fish
available