Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11
THE CAMEL IN CAIRO.

lately witnessed in an incoherently frowzy street, of a narrowness which rem } dered the pfesencs of camel in it at all, the most puzzling pleasantly imaginable flor the way was one in which any Eu- ropean cat endowed with the least in- stinct of f-preservation would certain ly object to be swung in for obvious req ship of the desert and that apparently stranded vessels guide, philosopher and friend.
 The latter had heaped up an armful or so of green meat more than met the for mer's views on an already respectable col lection of vegetable substance which mag nifed the naturally excrescent aspect of the camel's back into the seeming of an animate stack. Crouching, he had pulled himself close together to "see out" the inconveniences resulting from his deter imitation not to carry away that extra armfG1 or two of green, and barring an oc- casional wag of his whole skin--I cannot describe the phenomenon otherwise-and cynical writhe of his spongy nose, he might. for all movement on his his part, have been chiseled out of stone. Around this impregnable stoic was capering, in sort of distracted hornpipe, his owner or lessee, in yellow rage, each successive paroxysm of which expressed itself in frenzy of double shuf1es. He was also hoisting up parcel after parcel of curses from the remoter depths of his diaphragm with productiveness in that direction which would have done honor to skilled disciple of Sig. Lamperti's gruesome method" and punctuating each maledic- tion with a furious thwack on the camers hard, hard hide, manifestly putting into every thump the whole of whatever heart may beat in his duskv bosom
 Meanwhile the sentient drum upon which the infufiate Ishmaelite thus un- mercifully beat his devils tattoo made no sign, until he had received about sixty or seventy blows, except the above mention ed scornful se-wrinkling, with which he, as it were, checked off and took tally of the wrongs inflicted upon him. Sudden l ly his eye, which had followed the Arab steadily through all his insensate gyra- tions, twinkled. He thought he had his chance.
 The Arabs legs were an inch or two nearer to his victims body than they had hitherto been, when out lashed the long neck, and "clash!" went the formidable jaws! He just missed his tormentors' tibia in virtue of an enormous skip which the Arab executed simultaneously with the camers effort but it was great joy to observe with what intensified wrath and perfect oneness of purpose he "went for" the most vulnerable point of his prosecutors person.
 Many more thumps avenged his abor- tive snap; but he took no more notice of them than if they had been so many flap pings of a butterfy's wing. Presently the Arab, fairly tired out, and having pre- sumably exhausted the abusive resources of his native tongue, sat down and spat freely round him for minute or two, after which he took off the three or four pounds overweight, whereupon the camel rose with the utmost prorhptitude, and stepped off in that gingerlv manner which is so ludicrously out of keeping with the figure and statue of such crea- lures, steering his way down street which almost accurately fitted him, as easily as if it had been broad boulevard. He had had his own way, aid he appar- ently bore no malice.- Cor London Times.