Show the sturdy camel A camel has twice the carrying power of an ox with an ordinary load of pounds ho he can travel 12 or 14 days without water going 40 milea miles a day they are fit to work ut at 5 years old but their strength begins to decline at 25 although they usually live to 40 tho the tartars have herds of these abir als often 1000 belonging to ono one family they were numerous in antiquity for tho the patriarch job had tho the timbuctoo or ma harri breed is remarkable for speed and used only for couriers going miles in eight days with a meal of dates or 0 grain at nightfall Exclia exchange |