The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-28
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WI

gbe MANNERS. Here at their case they chat with
esch other smoke, or nurse their babies, and are
occasionally lulled to sleep by the drowsy motion
Of the animal,
The young foal Of the camel, when frisking
after his mother, has a sort Of ungainly prett-
ness, which Is almost comic, especially when the
owner determines upon weaving II. A coarse net
work of rope is then tied over the dams breasts,
against which the young camel In search OF his
usual nouri, hment, dashes his nose in sort OF
petulant fury. He will 20 on, however, making
attempts for about eight or ten days, after which
be coolly ahandons the enterprise and takes to
ordinary food thOrns and thistes, and the coarses
herbagc produced by the sterile soil Of the desert.
To reconcile the young camclng to his lot, the
KirPhis adOfn his head With Ray-colorcd rib
bous and long strcamers, which, as he gam
bOs about dance and iutter IN the air
CamCls milk, in all the countries where the
animal AOurishos, Is an article IN great request,
both as a beverage and for the purpose OF
making cheese and butter; but it docs not seem
10 yield that strong spirit which is extracted from
mares milk in all paris or Tartaiy aud enables
the wandering hordes to enjoy the delights OF
int, Xication. In Arabia and Northern Africa, the
fine hair OF the camel, which the animal sheds
once year, is woven into fabrics little l-bs soft
and beautiful than the shawls Of Cashmere.
white burnOus Of this material, Manufactured In
Tunis or F,z, hooded and tassoled Will floss silk,
sometimes sells In the bizaars Of Cairo or Damas-
Gus for twenty or thirty pounds according to It's
Whiteness or lustre. Nor is this a all surprising,
since very few camcs are white, the common
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black. or the coarse long hair which as in the
shawl goat, covers and cOnceals the down, ropes
and tents are made. Hence the expression which
o, CuIs perpctually in the Arab poets, "thc black
tents Of Oman or Ncied;" and in the Songs Of
Solomon, "the black tent of Kedar'
The camel is said to be found wild in the deserts
lying east of the Himalaya. But this NAV be
doubted, since the animal shuns forests and there
Is no Scppe OF sufficient extent to withdraw Gro wds
Of go large a beast from the notice Of man. It is
equally erroneous 10 regard him as native Of
IhibCt, a country 50 lofty, cold and desOlate that
even the shaggy horse Of Britain finds it difficult
60 sub>ist there. 1t may safely be affirmed that
the camel exists everywhere ia bondage-s0me-
times the slave Of the slave but always indus
triOus, patient, and addicted TO toll We have
se,n him harnessed to the plough with an ass,
and drawinga cart side by side with q buffalo
we have bCheld him move through the eternal
cyrdtiOns Of a wGter-wheel assisted by a skele-
ton OF horse but his proper place is the desert,
where both he and his rider are eXhilarated
by the buOyant and elastic air. The only
Inconvenience attending the use of the camel as
a saddle animal Is the awkwardness Of mounting
or descending He squats on the ground, and
you get into the saddle you utter q sound which
no combination Of letters can represent, aud up
he starts, first with his hind-legs, which nearly
pitches you over his head and then with his fore
legs, which sends you back with equal violence.
In dismountng, IL is much the samc-yOu utter
the mysterious cultural sound, and down he
goes, plump doubling his fore.legs under him,
and then quickly bringing the hind legs TO bear
in the same long folds, after which he lies at the
ease, and begins 10 ruminateewhether your neck
be broken or not. With all his faults, however
we regard him as friend, since we have seldom
passed pleaSantcr hours than those spent In the
burning sun upon his back, with the golden sand
beneath, and bOundless horizon before us.