Evening star., 1937-06-17
MISS EARHART RIDES CAMEL.
Tells ef Experience With 'Naukhtyr
Ship Of the Desert.
BY AMELIA EARHART,

BY AMELIA EARHART.
BY Telephone to The Star.
KARACHI, India, June l6.-Kar-
achi lies In desert country. and the
desert stretches for miles along the
route We plan to fly tomorrow. 1t
Is l,400-mile hop to Calcutta and l
DO not intend to stop unless 1t IS nec-
essary. though have received . COR
dial invitation from the Maharaja oi
Jodhpur to land at his private air
port 300-odd miles from here. ]
should have liked to do 20. Of course
and 1 hope some day to revisit this
section and see And do what have
missed this trip.
I had an adventure this morning
riding a camel. I saw one with par
ticularly gay trappings along the air.
port road, obviously for hire. Hi.
masters costume was in keeping
Over very full trousers he wore q
shiny black alpaca coat. pleated al
the back. From under this the tail
Of his shirt protruded. He had on .
rather high turban and hid most OF
his facial expressions behind =
bushy beard.
Although he explained that his camel
was q naughty one. mounted and wa
solemnly led about. l wanted to tel
the driver I should be naughty, too, II
I had two leather plugs in my nose te
which guiding reins were attached, but
1 could not get that idea across. Ap-
parently bits are never used.
Later, four of US tried again, and on
four cames visited . so-called oasis a
few miles outside the city. There are
many camels on the roads have seen
They are loaded with everything from
vegetables to human beings. The lat
ter, like the rowing wine merchants iu
Rome, are often sound asleep. Their
stately beasts swing along on their
sponge pads. superciliously aware tina.
men still cannot get on without them
in some localities.
Before cameling I visited the post
ONCE to get the covers am carrying
Cancelled. The director OF post and tele-
graph and the postmaster were very
courteous and cooperative, and even
permitted me to select the stamp
wished used. OF course, chose the
Karachi airmail type. which, I hope,
will look we'll on the already decorated
envelopes. I was shown behind the
scenes at the post ONCE and watched
money orders being made out In rupees
Nearby, turbaned postmen sorted mail,
Karachi is an important airmail center
and will soon became more so as sched-
ules and connections are bettered by
airlines around the world.
I found had friend here when
I landed yesterday-Count Jacques
de sibour had flown in his own plane
from Delhi to oversee the Standard
OIL fueling arrangements.
80 far the service in pre-arranged
supplies has been Internationally
perfect. Everywhere I have come
down, big drums painted with my
name have been patiently waiting
Here . large box from Pratt Il Whit
ney containing engine spares also
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major troubles, only little things. Lit
tie things are hard to get, too. Dif-
fererces In size Of the threads OF
screws. for instance. make substitu-
tons impossible. Perhaps aviation
win force international agreement IN
engineering as we'll as In other things.
Every time I drive past the airport
I notice signs which warn the public
to keep away. In contrast to the
United States, there seems to be no
parking place for cars. No attempt
!, is made to sell" aviation. Every
facility is put ut the flyers disposal,
however.
Imperial Always mechanics have
worked all day checking my plane,
ayd Group Capt. Henderson Of the
Royal Air Force sent two Of his ex-
pert instrument men to make what
ever adjustments I might need. Al
seems ready to hop OF as the sub
comes UP tomorrow. The meteorolo-
gist has practically guaranteed . fol-
lowing wind. ..-.., g..
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