224 INDEX. 



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 Lyins: down 43 



Mahafa, description of 116 



Mahari, name of swift camel in Sahara. 33 



mode of riding the 114 



Malstrom, fable of 34 



Mehemet Ali, his journey on camel 124 



Milk of camel 74 



Moosultah, description of 115 



Nostril, structure of 42 



sometimes slit 42 



Ostrich, called camel-bird 41 



Pack-saddle, illustrated and described 110-11 



Reindeer used for saddle in Siberia 23 



Ritter, Essay on geog. range of camel 28 



Rutting season .69 



Savages do not attempt conquest of inorganic nature- • • • 15 



subdue organic world 16 



Security of seat on camel 133 



Shibreeyeh, description of 115 



Skin, uses of 79 



Species and breeds 30 



Speed 120, 124-127, 128, 129 



Stomach, structure of 53, 62 



Takhtirawan, description of 117 



Tallow 80 



Tread of camel silent 49 



United States, adaptation of Bactrian camel to 182 



Arabian camel in 183 



great basin of -. • 180 



great plain of 179 



introduction of camel into 177 



Water, brackish preferred by camel 94 



quantity taken by camel 93 



to be sparingly used in Desert 147 



Wild animals protected by civilization 17 



Zemzemeek, water-bottle 147 



