The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-30
African Camels and capetown Horses.

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African Camels and capetown Horses.
The milk of the camel is highly esteemed
by the Arabs as an article of diet, and is
| prescribed as a specific in many cases of
disease. Lady Duff Gordon, who resided
several years in Egypt in the vain hope of
recovering from consumption in that mild
climate, drank camers milk every morning,
and derived good deal of temporary bene-
| fit from it. In her spicy letters home, she
thus wrote of the novel beverage: 1T has
the merit of being quite DELICIOUS. wish l
could send you jug of it every morning,
such as drink; it is better than any other
milk, with thick froth like whipped cream
The Arabs think it very good for sick people;
| and man called Sheriff brings his camel
here every morning, and milks her for me;
her baby camel is so funny, he looks all
legs and big black eyes, with soft, fluffy,
buff colored hair, and so very little body
to such tall legs. l wish, too, you could
! see the camels have their dinner; they are
the only people who use table cloth. The
camel-d driver spreads cloth on the ground
and pours heap of maize (dourra) upon it,
and then old Mr.. and Mrs. Camel sit down
at the top and bottom, very gravely, and the
others all take their places in proper order,
and eat quite politely, bowling their long
necks up and down; only one was sulky, and
went and had his dinner by himself, like
naughty boy, and sometimes, the man said,
! he would not eat at all.
When in Capetown, Africa, in one of the
| long journeys after the health that she new
er found, Lady Duff Gordon frequently
mentioned the wonderful strength and en-
durance of the native breed of horses.
The animals are very scantly fed, and, as
no grass grows in the region, their fodder is
restricted to oats, which they consume
straw and all. Often after hours of travel
the only refreshment offered the beasts is
roll in the DUST but this really seems to
strengthen and nourish the tough, hardy
little quadrupeds, which are thus described
by the lady from whom we have already
quoted:
! l could write volume on Cape horses
Such valiant little beasts, and so composed
in temper, never saw. They are nearly
all bays-a few very dark gray. | have
seen no black, and only one dark chestnut
They are not cobs. and look, every little of
them" and have no beauty; but one of these
little brutes ungroomed, half-fed, seldom
stabbed, will carry 6afoot Dutchman 60
miles day, day after day, at shutting.
easy canter, 6 miles an hour. You :. off
saddle" every three hours, and let him roll;
YOU also let him drink all he can get: his
coat shines ard his eye is bright, and un-
soundness is very rare. They are never
properly broke, and the soft mouthed colts
are sometimes made vicious by the cruel
bits and heavy hands; but by nature their
temper is perfect.
Every morning all the horses in the vii
lage are turned loose, and a general gallop
takes place to the water tank, where they
drink and lounge little; and the young
ones are fetched home by the niggers while
the old stagers know they will be wanted,
and saunter off by themselves To see a
farmer outspan and turn the team of active
little beasts loose on the boundless field to
amuse themselves for an hour or two, sure
that they will be there. would astonish you
little; and then to offer horse nothing
but a roll in the dust to refresh himself
withal.
, How the cattle live is standing marve
to me- The whole reid (commonl which ex-
tends all over the country Just clothed with
few square miles of corn here AMI there
is covered with q low thin scrub about
eighteen inches high, called renostes bosch
J looking like meagre arbor-vit& or pale jun
iper. The cattle and sheep will not touct
!, this juicy Hottentot FIG; but under each lit
tie bush. l fancy, they crop few blades o.
grass, and on this they keep in very good
condition.
The noble oxen, with their huge horns
| 70 or 10 feet from tip to tip. are never fed
, though they work hard, nor are the sheep
The horses get little forage (oats, straw
and all) should like you to see eight or tel
! of these swift wiry little horses harnesset
to q wagon.--a mere fat platform oil
wheels. In front stands wild-lookinI
Hottentot, all patches and feathers, an,
, drives them at their best pace, all ..in hand
e using whip like 6shing-rod with which
+ he touches them. no; savagely but with
skill which would make an old coachmar
burst with envy to behold.
There are 800 miles of streets in London
\ The metropolitan houses at the present tim
a amount to nearly half million: they sr
. consequently sufficient, with an averag
e frontage of FIVE yards. to form one continu
Gus row of building right round the islam
; of Great Britain, from Lands End to job
. o'Groat's 900 miles,, from John o'Groat'
r to the North Foreland $40 miles), and fror
' the North Portland back again to the Land
: End $3.50 miles,, equal to l 800 miles .alte
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