The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-01
yRylyt RE or THE hcsEE..
D, the sahara AZ Pr"psr', Is '>'r'''rd
b, GsMet~.

pp the sshsrs Al Prepsrts u INrr'->rd
b, G'smet<.
Pr,rr tive peoples who have no mN'"V
measure all values by that possession shi'h
IA n,oat desired anil mcst easily ,rsrsferrsi.
Thus among uo~s Of the inhabitants ~ the
sahara the camel ia The measure OF all
values. Property. riches and csrei- are
ANONYMOUS terms among most cf III"
dweller. in the Sahora. Or. Go!dseiu OF
Germany v rote a viii . ago that, if a Tuareg
we're sci down in the streets Of Berlin the
business blocks and residences would con-
vey 10 him no idea N property. He would
simplv ask the greatest real estate lard'ord
in tha city how many caInsls he owred.
When Richardson met the 1iareas ard
was ent ertairsd by one of their oh,ef-
the traveller was told by his host thai no
wished TO make Queen Victoria the III "sl
nresen, that any ore could give her. ard a.
Re asked his CUES, to take hack TO her a
mehari, which IL 4 camel trained ~ H~eetrc's
and the most costly OF Sahsran csmcls,r
While Barth was scjournipg IN TIM
that the street mob would attack. his house
One OF his women servants adv lsed him
to remove his -hsivan" to = place OF safety,
This word means live stock, such ~ catts
or csmels, and Rartb old the woman ma
he had only his hcrse viii, him. " "a.
some time before he learned thst the sst-
vant did not refer particularly TO his horse.
but TO ell his possessions..
When the Frenchran Hour.t succeeded
in navigating tho Niger from its mouth 10
Timhuktu, sone years ago, a desert o~eue,,
desiring 10 learn " no came OF q family 81
substance asked him how man camel,,
his father owned and when Fourcsu crossed
| the desert with the largest exploring psrty
from q wealthy native OF Asger a present OF
q white camel and was told that II Nas she
most expensive present that the RESIDENTS
| Of that region could give to any one.
As q rule, however, the number or N
in the possession of one individual 10 not
large. Tho average man considers him
I self we'll TO do il he WINS two or three AM
mails: the important chief u really Wealthy
n he possesses a herd Of fifty or sixty, ann
the richest chief whom Nachtigal met II MS
seven year M wanderings WAS said TO Owl
about iOo camsls. No one vii part VII
his canp~ls excepting a. an exoroitan'
price. Foureau folrd i~c imposslb,e 10 puy
lhem in the heart OF the desert for less than
about so ira ncs, which vas double then
value in Algeria.
The era ring Gro1 nds are common tc ~
and there ~ no property m land' ing
richest man lives in q tent and why shouiu
be sell oamels TO acquire the means TO nulln
u more coumodious and substantial dweh-
ing when he expects 20 move TO some otnsi
place IN q few wseks or months he simp'S
acuuitAs all tho camels he can get lot th'
mere nm of having them.
, To bs s',re is buys wives with his camels,
just ~ 'hs negro does with his cattle, anh
Hive. come very hish in the Sahara ln'
daughter Us tho ordinary man being worm
~ mir' ., iour camels. while the price a. a
, CHIEFS IA tighter ca be commanded ONLY
rho wealthy. Some explorers believe ma
very fat young woman are most popul1,
in the desert simply because mlls
is fatteninG and IL q girl is heshy II show
that her father has given her all the cameis
milk she can drink. Such 4 father mus
1 AVE Q nomhsr Of camels, IL thercfoiS
wealthy man, and u Van be q good thing "
marty Into h. eAu1l9. . q