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is performed whilst the victim is still alive, no true believer 

 will eat the meat. Fortunately the conscience of the oper- 

 ator is generally very elastic, and he never admits that the 

 animal is dead. To-night our Mahometan servants had 

 certainly no scruples, for tiny finished off every scrap of 

 the ram for supper. 



Thursday. — Alan was out at daybreak, but not an oorial 

 to be seen. There is very little ground for them here, but 

 they say about fifteen miles further is an excellent place, 

 and we decide to move our camp there after breakfast. Alan 



SOME OF OUK CAMELS. 



went off walking to shoot his way through the ravines, 

 whilst I, riding with the camels, had to make a long d6tour 

 by the only track round the broken ground. 



Santan and the ayah, as usual, sat in panniers hung on 

 each side of a camel, and, whether by accident or design, 

 the former played his companion a nasty trick. At the first 

 halt, the camel was made to sit down in order to tighten 

 some strap. As it was getting up again Santan jumped out, 

 and the ayah, having nothing to balance her weight, swung 

 round underneath. The frightened camel began to prance 



