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Show The Arab and His Camel. An Arab thinks more of his camel than he doss of -his horse or even his mule. The camel is of value to him because of its great strength and power, of endurance. It can exist for days without water, and no food Is too tough for it to digest. Its regular food consists of bran mixed with the refuse of olives. This is put upon the floor and the beast kneels down to eat it. The camel is the most docile do-cile beast alive, but he is not very intelligent, and can be as obstinate as the proverbial mule. In Africa he is used to perform all manner of domestic do-mestic tasks. Its chief use, however, is as a beast of burden in caravans. It soon learns that a tap on the knee is an order to kneel or rise as the case may be, ard it will kneel while huge burdens are piled upon Its back; but let the weight be the least too heavy for it, and it will not attempt to rise when commanded. Blows, kicks, nothing noth-ing avails. The weight has to be reduced. One of its favorite methods of retaliating on its driver on the very rare occasion on which it shows, temperis tem-peris to run away. The motion when It does this much resembles the rolling of a ship, and fortunately for its passenger, pas-senger, it never runs far. |