The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-07-08

The camel, When ne is not eaulnS VI
drinking, or being loaded, is invariably
chewing the cud. His long, crooked
jaw is in perpetual motion, and when
he is told to lie down TO receive his
burden he does so without varying thus
incessant masticatory process. tie
awkwardly bends his fore knees, drags
his hind legs under him and comes to
the ground with cnrious kind OF a.
flop. al this time his long, melan-
choly face shows net the slightest indi-
cation that he knows what he is lying
down for, ard this unmistakable hy-'
pocrisy, some think, stamps the camel
as an animal of very high order OF
intellect. In few seconds, however,
the expression on cainels face under
goes striking alteration. If he sees
the driver approaching him with box
on his shoulder he seems at last TO un-
lerstaud the indignity aud torture to
which he is about to be submitted, and
the astoushment, virtuous indignation
and disnay on the ill-used animals
countenauce ought certainly to make
some impression on the stony heart OF
the driver. The man binds the first
box on the wretched animals back and
goes away to get another. Then the
camel wisely abandoning his efforts to
move man to compassion, points his
hairy nose upwards and howls his
wrongs to the skies.
Never in circus, pantomime or show
was there ever seen anything half so
ludicrous as the eamel's appearance at
that moment. His upper lip doubles
up and drops down as though be had
no further use Of it; his great mouth
opens so wide that one can see about
half yard down his throat, and out Of
the cavern thus revealed come series
Of the most astonishing howls that ever
startled the air-howls OF such abject
misery that it is difficult to avoid the
conclusion that the camel's heart is
breaking; and this impression is much
strengthened by the tears that How C
piously down the wailing animals elon-
gated cheeks and drop from the end of
his nose. In the utterance OF each
note of woe the camel seems to be ex-
erting the utmost power of his lungs,
but he is all the time holding large
force in reserve, and as the driver adds
box after box to the pile on his back, a
howl more resonant and heart-rending
than the last testifies to each addition
10 the creatures misery; and never,
except when he is absolutely engaged
in trumpeting his agonies into space,
are the great watery eyes OF the camel
removed from the eyes OF his perse-
cutor; they follow him wherever he
goes, and express through their tears
contempt, indignation, astonshment
this extraordinary habit on the part Of
the ship Of the desert that gave rise TO
the well known expression, Its the
last straw that breaks the camels
back" But the Eastern driver has no
fear of any such catastrophe, and
piles mp the load until it reaches almost
the proportions of an elephants bur
den; then. the cases being bound fast
with ropes, the camel is told TO rise,
and the animal. feeling that he has
conscientiously done his whole duty by
entering his protest at every stage OF
the work, stops his ears, suppresses his
cries, gets up on his feet, and, resaming
his occupation OF chewing the cud, is
ready for the weeks march that usually
lies before him. --Neo York Sun.