The Arizona sentinel., 1895-06-29
A DeserE Hermit.

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 portation on the great Colorad,
 desert. His recommendation wa
 acted upon and fifty of the animal
 were brought over. It seems, how
 ever, that the agent instructed
 with the commission of buying th'
 camels ran foul of bunco man un
 der the shadow of the Pyramids
 and instead of getting the genuine
 dyed-in-the-wool ship of the desert
 had put off on him some animall
 of a breed that is untamable
 After they arrived at Yuma many
 attempts were made to ride then
 and to use them as beasts of bur
 den, but all failed. They were
 vicious and dangerous, and, after
 they had seriously injured sever
 soldiers-and drank the Colorado
 river dry, they were turned loose
 upon the desert to shift for them
 selves.
 Since then reports have come ir regularly of these beasts being seen in great numbers by trappers and others, who penetrated to remote spots on and adjacent to the desert It is evident that they have multi piled many times, and any enter prising snowman who wants them can have them for the asking, or rather for the capturing.
 No accounts have been received until now ofanybody having tanned any of these animals or put them to the uses originally intended when they were brought over. One man, however, has succeeded in ac- complaining this feat, and he has a herd of camels which are the most highly educated and useful beasts in the country.
 Having occasion lately to take a trip down the Colorado river and out on the old Butterfeld stage road to point nearly opposite h. dian Wells, I secured as com- panion Joseph s. Carter, who made the Salton Sea trip with me. Since I saw you last I have made 8 great discovery and one in which 1 am sure you as newspaper man will delight. On one of my trips in looking for lost horses l came to 3 beautiful improved ranch near the river, and the owner told me that I was the only white man, aside from himself, who had even seen the place, and he had been living there for twenty years. But what will interest you most is that III his farm labor is performed by means of camels."
 This certainly did arouse my In- crest, and I ascertained that we were only one days journey from he place, and also that Carter had ,een warned never to bring any ,ody to the place. Phis aroused ny curiosity to such an extent hat by continued entreaty I at ast prevailed upon Carter to con Iuct me to this wonderful ranch.
 He at last consenting, we rode to he river, and, procuring a dugout :anoe from an old Indian, we left ur horses with him and foated town the broad bosom of the Col l rado.
 After travelling about four hours ;arter said. "There it is." ooked, but could see nothing but a igh bluff rising abruptlyfrom the iver and so high that I could not ee what was on top of 1t. Neither ould I see any road reaching the 0p of this bluff, or, indeed, any 'ay in sealing it.
 Carter guided our rude craft long the bluff, and presently we anne to caye-like opening about ,ur feet wide and so low that we ad to bend eur heads to get into :. There was quite a current and fter floating along this narrow lnnel in total darkness for about vo hours we came into light at the ase of hill. The stream here idened into quite lake and made complete turn, disappearing again l the mountains in the direction the river.
 It was one of the straugeSt freaks a stream 1 ever saw, but 1 had 9 time to explore it then, for Car r, bracing our boat, bade me step $ shore, lie then led the way by a ' ,~v oood bArra troil tOwor1 +ba tor1 (