The Sun.
London, England, 1804-09-20 00:00:00

EDL7CA7'IO4V'OF DROIIIED4RIE4

' [From Golaterry!s3rocls in,A erica."
A month after,the.bilth of the Dromedary, its'
c?mmenees :at that period ;1:c.
young animal is separated Iron its dam, who is on.
ly suffered to apploach, it at certain' hoitrit ; and at
this early age. it is forcibly accustt.med to absti.
,111 q only allow it a part of the milk which
Nature Itol de, tined for it support, and• With which
the, mammtllary ves"els of the mother are professed-
'ly fluted it is
,only stiffered to think seldom and
sparingly : thus, from its eaylieit infancy, it is ac-
ciistomed to temperance,
In a'short-time afterwards, it is condemned to
imprisonment and torture : all its legs are forcibly
bent under its belly, atria, it is placed exaaly in the
same situation as it is torce'd to adopt when it re-
ceives and, discharges its butthen : they cover its
body with a carpet, or a piece of a tent, by which
only its.neck and head are left at *berry ; and in
order to confine it so that it can neither move nor
stir, they place a great number of weighty articles
on
,the borders of the coveting. The a, imal passes
foul months in this cruel state of conftnetaenr ; but
the effdt of ~elt a rigid discipline is, that tt.te re.
cumbent ptv ture ! ecoines habitual to the animal.
After' unotrg iing this punishment for the
space of four months, the, young animals are put al.
together into a park, or inclosure, where they are
fed only by children of nine or ten years old, and
not oftener than twice a.day : their food is the milk
of the Drmedary, diluted with water.
" It is asserted, that these young animals very
soon know the children of ihe.master to whom they
belong, and come around them whenever they ap.;.'
pear. On arriving, at the park where the young
Dromedaries are kept, the children hold JO one hand
the vessel containing the diluted milk, and in the
other .they have a slight switch, which they strike
against their thighs : on, receiving this notice, the
young animals lie do,vn, and this ptatiice becomes
so habitual to them, that they, put themselves into
their usual posture at a skigle signal of the switch ;
in she- t, the oh-dience with winch the Dromedary
adopts this a, ti.tide at the slightest notice .from its
master,• and which obedience it retains for the whole
of its life, is a circumstance truly admirable.
" It is also from 'he tender age of six or seven
months that this animal is taught to sleep with a
burthen on its hack : the weight 4'1116 burthen is
increased as the animal advances in age and strength;
and, it is by this means that he is trained, as Mr.
13u.rrox observes, " a living. earrige.; which is
often left loaded for several days without, a mu.
ment's intermission."

'' It must be admitted, that this discipline, is in.
dispensable; for, the natural reach of a man's arm
not attaining the top of the projection on the back
ofthe• Dromedary, it would be uncommon), ,difli,„
Ctilt to place a large and heaVy burpten on the.ani.
trials back ; but this operation becorties extremely
easy, by the custom of genufleCtion, so peculiar to
this creature when he receives or Clischatges
burthen.
. „
r' The Moors only keep a single tmmutilated
.Dromedary_ for every, twelve females ; those which
are destined for war arc castrated; and in conse-
quence of this operation, the animals bee .cite more
gentle, and may at all times be made use of ;, while
the'perfeCt. Dromedaries arc refra4ory, and
,ionte.
.tiines furious, during the rutting season, when they
attack both animals and men,
The Moors make choice of the smallest and
lightest a6tnils fur the. course anti li?r war : it is
.therefore very peobable.that they have two,snrts of
si,ecies, one of which is, smaller than the other ;
they prepare them for the course, by making, Om
run with horses, and this pra4ice causes a great de_
greet of emulation.
14 , The Moor ish
.1-forsesi, which are very, quick in
their paces,. gait) ground: considerably in the , begin.
ping of, the race ; but after some hours _the horse
becomes exhausted with fatigue", is obliged to slacken
his Pace, and finally
.to stop, The Dromedary, ,
the cOntrarY, pursues his route, and is capable of:
continuing the race for 24bours ; and he can re.
sume this sport for four days .successively, in which.
rime hepasses.over, incessantly on a quick trot, the
,space of 24.01eagoti•
" On. these.extraordinary occasions fite-Dromedaties
are fed with 'balls formed of a paste, of millet !nixed
with gum ; each animal coma-luny receives three, of
these balls in the-morning, and three in.the evening ;
their weight altogether is not inure than two pounds
and this food, which is only' erriployed or) the pc:
casions above.mentioned, is sufficient for the tempe:
rate animal, 'during the, space of twenty7four hours,
and-keeps'himin full vigour.
." The DrOmedaries of intrthen, and those used on
journies, have only a simple halter ; but those used
for the course and for war, which are necessarifr
.mounted and guided, haver,instead of a bit, la ring
or buckle passed through the skin above the nos.'
triis; where it, always remains ; to this 'are fixed-
the reins, by which the motions of the anitsial sire
regulated." •
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Yesterday a Coroner'a Inquest was hi:ld at the
Barley Mow poblic4ouse,. in Mmtnt.street, on the
body of a female, who was taken from the berpen.
'tine River on Monday night. 'Several witnesses
who knew ,the deceised,•star.ed that she was a straw
hat-market in Sloane-street, arid +4 as sithira to sud.
jet' fits, She had kone fir a walk.on the evening
of her death...—Arcidental Death:

A melancholy accident happened on 'Strurday
nig [t last, at Bradwell, near the tteZl, in Es,ex.
.Ah,ut nine o'clock that evening, the d well
house of Jonas Hoy, a thatcher, was burnt down, anti
he himself consumed in the flames. The unform.
nate sufferer was more than fourscore years of age.

Yesterday, about one o'clock, a coachtnan of the
name Of Leonard, in the service. of Miss FRNWICIC,
QlGOrge.fitreet, MdflCileSter.sq9are, droppedlown
dead, in Oxford.street ;. he was discovered to be ill
only a few minutes before his death, and complained
Of II severe cough. tie was conveyed to Kiry.lc.
bone Workhouse, where, the Coronet's Jury will
sit to.morrow.