Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-08
LOADING THE CAMEL.
Fecuiiar!i'ss In His Behavior in striking
Contrast to the Elephants.

LOADING THE CAMEL
fcculiar!!iss In His Behavior in striking
Contrast t. the Elephants.
In India, said Il gentleman who
recently returned 70 this country at
tex living many years III the East,
the; camel is.used fully IS much as
the elephant az q beast ;of burden
He IS not SO powerful As the elephant.
but 1t caa carry all enormous load
on his back. He does not do so
willingly, however, and is by no
means tie patient, locie servant that
tiie eiepilantsoon becomes under prop
ef training When l first went to
iadia As 4 young man 1 was connect
et witt. mercantile firm in the
northwest provinces, aud while there
hau abundant opportunity OF STU
dying the camel, ior means of carri-
age in that part OF the country IN
those days was confined to elephants,
cam0is, bullocks, and men. Horses
were not used as beasts of burden :.
Every day camels and elephants were
driven up to our office door and
loaded with wine and beer cases for
far away customers. The elephant
would go clsmsily down on his great
knees and allow himself 10 be loaded
H.2.lo1t III Indication OF discomfort,
i ;io,sG no Gou.. that he would have
r"lult!eti nll.se.i TO be loaded until
.: sEas crushed to the earth beneath
l:.> weight oi lis load mad ms driver
a,.a lit to pile on the boxes But
IT, came.s receiving their burdens
a. :. spectacle never TO be forgot
trt. They never varied in their be-
hs.Y!or, and every one that l. ever
>am lcaded--and have seen thous-
ands acted in precisely the same
manner. --.
the camel, when he is not eating
pr lr,nking or being loaded, is inva-
iiabiy chewing the cud. His long,
crooked Jaw is i'll perpetual motion,
and when he is told to lie down to
receive his burden he does so with
out varying this incessant masticato-
ry process. He awkwardly bends
his fore knees, drags his hind legs
under him, and comes to the ground
with curious kind of flop. All this
time his long, melancholy face shows
not the slightest indication that he
knows what he is lying down for
and this unmistakable hypocrisy, ]
think, stamps the camel as an animal
OF very high order of intellect. Bu,
in a few seconds the expression on
the camcls face undergoes striking
alteration. As he sees the driver ap.
proaching him with box on his
| shoulder he seems at last to under
stand .he indignity and torture k
which he is about to be submitted,
aud the astonishment, virtuous in.
tiignatlon, and dismay on the ill-used
animals countenance ought certain
" to make some impression on The
stony heart of the driver. They
never have the slightest effect. Thu
man binds the first box On the wretch
ed animals back, and goes away t.
get another. Then the camel, wisel'
abandoning his efforts 10 move ma!
TO compassion, points his hairy nos
upward, and howls his wrongs to tht
skies.
Never in circus, pantomime Oh
show have seen anything half 81
ludicr"us as the camePs appcaranc.
nj that moment. His upper lip il
carried back from the teeth, his under
lip doubles up and drops down a,
though lie had no further Use for it
his great mouth opens SO wide tina
one can see about half yard dowI
his throat, and out of the cavern thu
! revealed come n series of the mos
astonishing howls that ever startlet
i the !ir--howls of such abject miser,
,ii., il is difficult to avoid the Con
rluslon that the cameis heart i!
'trcal;in4 and this impression i,
J streng thened by the tears that flow
copiously down the walllug animal,
elongated checks and drip from The
! end Of his nose. La the utterance O
,,ach note of woe the camel seems, h
BE- eXertiug the utmost power of hi
! lungs. but he is all the time holdin!
u Il large force in reserve, and as TIN
driver odds box after box to the pill
on his back, howl more resonan
and heart-rending than the last testI
ties to each addition to the creature
misery and never, except when h
Is absolutely engaged in trumpetin,
his egonies into space, are the grea
watery eyes Of the camel removed
from the person of his prosecutor
7 they follow hun wherever he goes
and express through their tears con
tempt, Indignation, astonishment
/ and dismay. think it must hav
, been this extraordinary habit on th
part of the ship of the desert tina
\ gave rise to the well known expires
sion: It's tue last straw that break
The camels back But the Easter
: driver has no fear of any such catas
? uophe, and piles up the load until
. reaches almost the proportions of a
elephants burden. Then, the cast
being bound fast with ropes tn
camel is told to rise, and the animal
, feeling that he has conscientiousl
6 Idone his whole duty by entering hi
, protest at every stage of the wori
t contentedly accepts the unavoidabl
r result, stops his tears, suppresses h
, cries, gets up on his feet, and, II
suming his occupation of chewing tt
lcud, is ready for the weeks marc
, that usually lies before him. .
j, Gen. Pearson Of Pennsylvania, WI
, has severed his connection with Il
, , Republican party and espouses Il
!. cause O: Gen. Hancock, express,
y the conviction that ''somebody wi
: get hurt in Pennsylvania this fal
:, in other words, that Hancock wi
,, hcarry the State. Pearson's letter
y General Grant, chairman Of the Unic
. veterans national committee, a r
publican organization, resigning b
position as the Pennsylvania memb
Of thai body, is very interestil
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