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niently loaded and unloaded ; the latter opera- 

 tion generally consisting simply in loosing a knot 

 of the cord by which the packages are slung 

 across the saddle, and the camel then immedi- 

 ately rises and goes in search of pasture. On 

 returning to the camp at evening he lies down 

 between the packages ; and if these consist of 

 merchandise or other articles not requiring to be 

 opened at night, the driver has only to knot the 

 cord again, and the animal is ready for the 

 march. 1 The pack-saddle is very rarely removed ; 

 and as the camel very seldom stretches himself 

 on his side or attempts to roll, the saddle is never 

 lost. 2 



The gear of the dromedary is somewhat lighter, 

 but of the same fashion. The wooden frame is 

 more neatly made, the uprights being curved out- 

 wards and uniting at top in two conical pom- 

 mels, one before and one behind, six or eight 



1 Ta vernier, i. 130. Forbes says, that two men will load 

 or unload twenty-five camels in half an hour. 



2 Carbuccia says, p. 5, that the camel rolls like other quad- 

 rupeds, but p. 131, he observes that one of the cords which 

 confine the pack-saddle is merely loosened at night, and the 

 animal turned out to feed. The removal of the pack-saddle 

 at night would much expose the animal to chills, and Dau- 

 mas refers to the danger of removing even the loading be- 

 fore the animal is cooled. The pack-saddle is certainly not 

 ordinarily removed at night, and I have never seen a camel 

 roll, or, so far as I remember, lie upon its side. 



