Show designed for desert travel though tho the camel will manage to for long periods on tho thorny scrub such as forms the only vegetation of desert areas and with very ettie water its complacency lit in thedo matters may bo be overtaxed as was dij astrousky shown during tho first expedition tion to khartum khartun Khar tum two other fac actors la in the adaptability of the camel to a desert lite have to bo be taken into account these are tho feet and nostrils tho the first named have but two toes protected by very thick horny pads to resist tho the burning sand while tho the nostrils ato aro long and Bl lUlko nid and can bo closed at will thereby enabling tho the animal to survive tho awful sand bard storms storma which so BO frequently end endanger angor tho lives of travelers in choso inhospitable regions |