Show CAMEL RIDING NOT EASY JOB beginner beginner has haa feeling akin to seasickness n owing to the peculiar gait of the animal camel riding Is learned only at the price of suffering this Is because of the peculiar gait or of this animal which produces a feeling akin to that of seasickness owing to the sw swaying abing aying motion of the body caused by the fact that the two legs of one side move simultaneously this kalmal thrives only in desert regions awl herein lies its iti usefulness to man for by its means alone Is he enabled to cross barren tracts otherwise impassable this ability to live without water and with little food for long periods is s due to two natural reservoirs water Is stored in special pockets buckets in the lining of the stomach while a large mass of fat Is stored on oa tho the bade back fo forming the characteristic hump though according to popular belief it Is here that the water Is held though it will manage to subsist for long periods on the thorny scrub such as forms the only vegetation of desert areas and with very little water its complacency in these matters may be overtaxed as was disastrously shown during the first expedition to khartum khartun Khar tum two other factors in the adaptability of the camel to a desert life have to be taken into account these are arc the feet and the nostrils the first named have but two toes protected by very thick horny pads to resist the burning sand while hile the nostrils are arc long and and can be closed at will thereby enabling the animal to sukriye the awful sandstorms sand storms which sa so frequently endanger the lives of travelers |