Wilmington journal., 1874-01-23

cross ami obstinate / do not know OF
. n domestic animal vino expresses his
feelings more loudly or openly. The
dog yeils when you hurt him. The
| OK lows only when he feels like it. The
donkey bravs loud enough, rs the
echoes of Cairo can testify. but If is
only when the fancy takes him; and
the horse is silent under any amount
OF blows and i'll treatment The cam
els voice is subducd mixture OF the
bulls below and the lions roar. and
sounds more like the roar Of wild
/, beast than the cry OF a domestic ami
NAL. This harmonious voice he cxer-
cises on all occasions. Whether you
want him to lie down O. get up, to
stop when going. or to move from 4
halt, he roars. When you are loading
him, or mounting, or preparing il
mount, he roars. Al every article lail
on his pack, or his saddle, If only :,
blanket OF 4 handkerchief. lie ntterS
an additional roar with a plaintiyc
chord in it as If to say, how can yoll
impose on me so much In the morn
ing, when hundred camels arc being
packed or .saddled previous to the
march and they are all roaring and
growing nj the same timein Il resound-
might suppose that al the wild beasts
same sounds are repeated az the eve
uing halt. Not only tha camel has All
ugly grow but an ugly scowl also
He gathers up his eyebrow and frowns
with an almost human EXPRESSION; and
while roaring he opens a hinge expanse
of Jaw armed with knife blade looking
4 J
lIc looks fully able and not unwilling
TO bite off your arm at one snap rs lie
turns towards you his snalzv looking
neck an! head. With ail his apparent
wickedncss, he is harmless c'4ough.
They say he bites sometimes but |
Lave never seen a case vet While on
tile road lie goes we'll enough III COM
pauv OF as long ~ hc can So, :llc trail
iiut il you attempt to turn off he bo-
gins roaring, "hl suddenly ne hes
down under yea. Beat him up aid he
LES down agalu. perhaps five or six
times hetor, he will consent to go on
aui then. /. wiiI H.. with i growl for
every step. Each time NpU >i,-.nt> to
h'Is, "r Rails, NUtir whip. he
answers with It g"uNI. VEvu one
lie d"~n nt, nf spit. Hi those Who
arc nr#r hi:n follow SAT-. a,sl >'I@i; Il
beating, Yelling anH roaring yru never
h"&r,! luu VIII TO t;,;,ht a4rcg with
rln sit ! this faithful description that
the camel is nDt amiahle: ana Won
wouid not select him for Il l,et-lior ]
either. Bat he is Indispensable and
witlout him, it would be utterly I'M
possible TO cross :lic desert. No other
animal could exist where lie thriycS.
Carrying ou Ills back water which he
does iut drink a.:d food a'lc!l lac
Il C not rat, iic Is satisfied - drink
once in tolT ur Iiyu DAYS, a>;,i he lives
q IA j.: tntii.;v oa the .cint and
tilOlny briarS Of tie desert. l. IS as
t.nlslIiEg to see him cat tie hoUGhs Of
the milnO I'd dwarf tr1,a with tnOrns
all inch-and-a-hul long aud as hard as
pnreupine quilts. These sharp points
seem to aff, r6 i.im an agreeable it'll
iation. like mustard does II NJ, sup
pose.
Well. my dear JouE>AG., / have SO
much To say and 10 describe, HAT [
hardly know where TO begin, anI / am
writing 50 rapidly, owing IT, the crowd
ing =: matter, that ! must beg indul-
geu"- for the style. There are many
more things about Cairo that | have
not described, but they VIII keep 1ntil
rctnrl! II that Interesting ely Icr
the present. | VIII ..iilt Yo'I with me
Oh ui} expedition. ! itit Cairo un a
government steamer With q detachment
of soldiers. and witt! Instructions 10
ascend the Nile as far Is % ! au.!l aud
then make a thorough Reconnaissance
of the route from thence 10 I&renice
This route was Travelled more than two
thousand years ago. Later the Re-
mans established wafer stations upon
it. ! had IA my second IL command q
most genial AND sterling gentlemen.
Mai. VIM. L. \. Ca;nphoil, Formerly of
tie United States ard afterwards of
the Confederate States Navy. | Lal
also ITS myai,l, ;tnativo Captain o. Staff
Whp speaks ErCu"i very well and is an
excellent engineer. He was my inter
prefer with the Arab officers OF the de-
tecbmaEt and with the Dedwin guides
and Sheihs we afterwards employed
Tie iIaJ!HH population nf LEyrt are
called Arabs. Those who inLabit the
deserts ard the uppcrportion OF Egypt
axe Arabs also, bat are called Be;lw rs.
Tnr Language of al is the Arabic,
The Nile was ~ It's full height when
w iti" >'AAio' ''-I>t "t "Ctc c'HlN' u
by ats powerful "1rrent, So that 1t was
eight days heiorc We reached >"neb.
Inc valley oi the y lie w*iS 4 ribbon OF
Felftnre between ne -EbItn illl!s on ttlr
west and the NoA@tt"n range on TIE
east. Ihe alley Var - III With, a"d
the mountains come down I" the edge
OF IN" river sometimes on oiic ai'tH,
sometimes "ii ti!" Other "uti tlCn lc-
cede a25s'n; fiefe and there are IsiAnds
oI Wohder1l! i"tt'iHT, All covered i:ht>
the hahNS win growing cotton amt III
gar cane, WIN Here an" fit3F@ dluTan
tESEl'!l;'h c..if't ant tobacco fh'iN
ie" liiit%' E'Nt' TIE ti,ii c'liinht,ES ., IN.
ntinrr"nN S'l&.'f i'-.i'.' "f tie hitv;flNe.
"hi'h carry "A - most active ana
prosperous !'l>'"''>", each 'inti&f
the supervision .! an f-Agt!sh
or fTh"h o1@1i''E' ron kao" ih"l
/ never rams III }"'- country except
on vac |,'''-t""S 50 i"S "sS'Et ':'2-2'!S loS'
"hvI' t'': ""ief '"l,-HH ~ Hfi2ail l"h
ceases 10 fea''t, ''!:'t F''a Inc = "a
sharply ma. k"Si - the n"ynei5'.< tt :;
he;d' itHhtt,, IA" SF1't i;Hs.''t a. .+t}-
culture - mat 81 1ti'7;'Si'h' aii' j -
lhce>r,''''. ~ ~ ltlt Nlticf o. i"e = ile