The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-01
TEE ~ ~ ar THE Dt>TE:.
IN the sahara ~ ~Prsper', y .cd
Nv aameIs.

Nv aatuei>.
Primitive lanplas who have - mp""v
measure all values by thai po--esSior which
~ mos, desired and most easily transferred.
Thus among most OF the N hal l;ant' ~ IA"
sahara the camel il the measure Of all
values. Property. riches ard cumeis are
ynonymous terms among mos, of III"
dwellrrs in the Sahara. DIR. Goidstoin of
Germany wrote a " hire ago that II n TlUIeg
were set down in the streets OF Berlin the
business blocks ard residences would com
,cv TO him TO idea Of property. He would
simply ash the greatest real estate lai dlord
in he C.tv how nary camels he OWED.
When RlChardsol met th~ I'Brt-sS ard
was oEtsrtaiG ed W ore Cf their chief
the traveller was told Nv hls host That ~"
wished "a make Queen Victoria the iircs'
prcscrt that any one could give her, AID -
he asked hlE guest To lake lack TO her /"
meLari, " hich ~ \ camel trairc' Ia tectrHs'
ard the most costly OF Saharap Camels.
While Rarth was solourr ing in TIM
huktu there was danger for "A few days
that the street mob would attack his llo,ise
one ul hrS woIn" servants advised him
to remove his "halyan" TO a place Of safety.
This word mCarS live stock. such AZ Csttl"
or Camels. and Bnr,h told the woman that
he had only his horse with him. II was
! some time before he learned tina, the SER
want did not refer particularly 40 has horse,
bal IA all his possess!ons.
Whom the Fipnchnan Huurst succeeded
in ravig8i.Ig the Niger from iiS mouth 10
Timhukfu. .sorle years ago. a desert dNeller
, desiring A.. learn # le cant OF % family Of
I substance asked him how many CamelS
, hi, father uWn ,d ard when Fourcau crossed
! the dessert With ~" lcrgeSt exploring PARTY
trHt over entered the Sahara hc received
from a wealthy Entiv" of A.Per a present or
, n white ga n'I and va, told that ~ was the
! Tpsa expensive present that the residents
of tho region cpuld give 10 N one
A. Il rule, however, the number OF CamelS
IN the pussessiun ot one lndlvidi8l II not
/ large. The average man considers him
self we'll tu do il p" owns two or three ami
mn T.. the inuortagl chief l. really wealthy
! il h. pu-sc.ro> u hortl ng Fifty or sixty, AMI
tho richest Chi'r whom NGChtlgai met IN hi
-even vear- we pd"rlngs WIS sad :" own
, . bout iOO IEuCl- No one VIII part With
his Cau'olS excepting ~ an cyorhitani
price. Foureau found il impossible To- buy
7 iha,n in tho hCyrt Of the desert for lcss than
! Shout 20 ~rrGaC., which was double their
/ ~ lur IN hlyerla.
IN" CRYING ground, are common To all
and there J. no property IN land h
richest mlU lives IN "a ten, and why should
b" ell C'nCit tpdc,, uirc the means 10 build
u more Cu1NmpdiOIS and substantial dwell
= ing when he expects In move 10 some other
/ rlac" IN few weeks or months He simply
acquires all tho camels he can get Tor the
more fun ~ having them.
To ho sITe he buys wives with his camels,
just Il the negro does with his cattle, and
WIVES cumc very high in the Sahara. the
dapGh' r ot the ordinary man being worth
- much ~ four ancls, while the price OF u
CEi~i', Daughter crr tc commanded only nv
the wtIItiv some explorers beheve thai
verv FAT Young women are most popular
iu The desert stint w because camel milk
j. faitening and II - girl IL feshy 10 shows
that hcr father ha- given her all the camel's
milk -hc can drink. such u father must
have n number Of camel. b, therefore \
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