Show G 0 aj THE CAMEL A hat or of borron very laul to inn its iri desert countries one oc of the useful animals known to ina annn n is the cail camel tl NA aich is called the iha hip P ot of the desert as it com coin ays eys men and mer clun rid ke over I 1 d distances jn the countries east cast und anti uth of 0 the cuncan sea the great arent lonely daei ts can only bo be crossed ly by the rid of ahk most aident beast which in spile ot iti slender legs and awkward build is 13 very flet anil and able to abstain for or days daya biorn 1001 food and drink lil A bialt ix IT trill thiis Is v hy the ramel is to superior to the hon horle c in those countries villere vIl tere water is found only in the i eat biases oa acs otten often several anys journey apart traders who v Y ish inh to sell their goodsin goods in the in large companies corn panics called caravans aliis abis is ii for protection from the bedouins Bedou ins who nho n ho live ui ill the dbert lec rt nud and often subsist aub by plundering liming ahing ii travelers A caravan frequently contains a thousand camen camels traveling in single file some carrying the goods go to be sold others baddley as you TOU seo see in the picture the arabs are very kind to thew thee valuable creatures and instead of beating them to increase their speed will frequently frequent lysing ing cheerful song ans for their encouragement coura gement the camel kneels to receive his burden and it if too heavily laden will complain ot of the cruelty in bitter cries and refuse to rise the engraving faithfully pot poi trays his hii manner of resting |