The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-31 00:00:00

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864.

JUNE

Wye .... 1
Maidstone 3
Ascot ..
Hampton l5
Newton
Ociihana

t Hunt
Beverley
SNtoe:rbroirdegse
Chelmsford ......
lg
Ne,veastle-on-Tyne .... 2288
Worcest.r (Summer)

Bibury

Ipswich

Newmarket July
Carlisle ..
Pontefract .

Nottingham . l9
Winchester l9
Southampton .. 2O

Abingdon
12_ _

Chesterfield

.. 172 Cambridge ..
Liverpool Juiy
Stamford

King's Lynn 2l
Goodwood .. 26

Bright on 2
Brighton Club
Lewes
Huntingdon .. 9
Wolverhampton . 9
Readi❑ g
Egham
OLford .. 18
SEPT'

Weymouth 1
Warwick September 6
Leicester 8
Bridgwater
Doncaster

OCTI

Bedford
Northallerton.. 6
Newmarket Second Oct. 10

Dover
York August
Yarmouth
Plymouth
Lichfield 29
Stockton
Devon and Exeter
Derby
:MBER.

Brecon l9
Richmond
Monmouth .... 22
Manchester Autumn .. 23
Newmarket First October 27

Lincoln
Gloucester
Newmarket Houghton 24

THE CAMEL,

-10.

In cities, in fairs, or other mnch•frequente3
places, the camel seems habitually dull ; but no
sooner does he find himself in the desert, than his
spirits return ; he snuffs the sweet air, he looks
gladly over the unimpeded landscape, he feels him-
self at home ; and if his rider be familiar to him,
trots away at the rate of 12 or 13 miles an hour
without the least urging. In cases of necessity, he
can, as we have already remarked, knock cff 18 or
20 miles in the same period. One of the pleasures
of this mode of travelling, not often noticed, is the
great height of the rider from the ground, preservs
ing him from the fierce heat reflected from the sand,
which on an ass, or even on a horse, sometimes
scorches the feet; but aloft on the camel's saddle,
the air is comparatively cool, and rendered more so
by the swift pace of the animal. Owing to the
structure of his foot, he does not sink in the
sand, but spreading the sole as he goes, appears
to fly over the surface rather than to gallop.
Although his eye appears dull, his sight is long
and piercing, and in the fineness of the sense of
smelling, is perhaps exceeded by no other animal,
since he can scent water, which has scarcely any
oaour at all, at the distance of a mile and a half, or
two miles ; we should even say, from observation,
that he can scent it more than twice as far, for, on
approaching the Nile from the desert, we have
known him voluntarily to quicken his pace at the
distance of four or five miles. The delight imparted
by immense heat, which appears to confer upon
some individuals a sixth sense, will continue during
eight or ten hours, bubbling, seething, and thrilling
through the frame like a sublime intoxication; but
by degrees weariness and lacgucr succeed, thirst
makes itself felt, and as the sun nods towards the
west, the eye glances about wistfully i❑ search of a
clump of palm•trees or a rock, the usual indications
of a fountain. Upon discovering the well-known
signal, the dromedary ear his head, turns, gives
his rider a look of encouragement, and then, it not
quite subdued by fatigue, bolts off at full speed.
How many days he can go without drinking, has
never perhaps been exactly ascertained—in fact, the
power of endurance varies greatly in different
indi-
viduals—but it has been stated, on very good
authority, that the dromedary can subsist nine days
Without water. though exposed the whole time to a
heat resembling that of a furnace. It is certain that
when the camel does drink, he always appears to
be laying in a stock for a week or so, and he has
even been known to swallow seven gallons and a
half, or thirty quarts of water at one time.—
Chambers's Journal, New and Improved Series.