Show I 1 1 z I 1 I ak L t w n 14 P 5 1 mw M M N ek 1 3 ii U a I 1 I 1 W N i t T k I 1 iel I 1 1 elc CAMEL TRAINING tue animal a of t the brt was siu iowa VIC bum a mule an officer who has been bean acme time in egypt where ewal camel ri rid d ft hits baa been obligator wads th uio 0 following grapple description ot of bb at s perien cea ces with the amiable and naem animal antraig we bays the boad yen ta can c won well imaz imagine ilme that theres a circus around here while the usual unal riding in st ruction Ss is going on whim when the untamed camels first arrived atour at our emp camp I 1 heard a tremendous grow growling lInK in front of the door and on an goffig out 1 I ww SAW one of thise these amiable bouts beasts being lei led by his keeper but walking along alone with every expression of dig disgust both in his hia countenance and voice the man stopped ditto camel and attempted to tie the beasts forelegs fore legs together when it reared and striking out with its forefeet landed on the keepers stomach and head sending him flying through space as if shot out of a cannon the man picked himself out of the ditch with a hand on each bruised part and the camel which had never ceased roaring was taken in charge by two other and more robust natives and I 1 lea to the tents or rather induced to 90 by energetic asa assistance istance of a very sharp iron rod applied in a most vigorous I 1 and miscellaneous manner similar I 1 exhibitions are being conducted here I 1 daily and we are now ready to lead the recently broken camels within three or four days they become tractable 1 I first formed my opinion of a camel some years ago when I 1 rode across the arabian deserts and see I 1 no reason to alter it in any way the I 1 creature has so many talents and so many ways of exhibiting them and to begin with it can kick harder higher swifter and oftener than a mule and can use all tour four feet at one time I 1 in a kicking match then it can bite worse than a vicious horse and buck in a way to make a broncho blush with absolute shame no rider ever lived who can stay on that perch seven feet from the ground during a camels exhibition hibi tion of gymnastics thin he can run away when he feels like it and is often seized with a desire to slope upon an occasion of this kind his rider experiences a sensation between being blown up with dynamite and struggling against the throes of an earthquake until all his joints are dislocated and he drops a limp inert mass to the ground then this sweet creature has a way of evincing his displeasure that is at least effectual and convincing he twists his snakelike snake like neck into a circle and poking his ugly nose into the face of the rider opens OP ens his cavernous mouth and lets out a roar of disgust in such a fetid breath that the elevated human victim is fairly blown into the middle of the coming mouth month a week being too short a distance and yet with all these high recommendations ions tom which some people might coils consider ider 0 objectionable bi ec nab le these thes e are an th the 9 dear animals I 1 am constantly brought in contact with wim and tor for which I 1 am even beginning to form an affection |