THE STORY OF THE CAMEL. 



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When a caravan is very numerous, people of the same country or tribe 

 unite and form distinct groups, who journey separately at trifling distances 

 from each other. The column is allowed to spread in proportion to the safety 

 of the route, but is kept close and compact where the converse is the case. 



ARABIAN CAMELS. 



In most instances camels follow their guide or leader of the file, attached to 

 one another by means of a rope fastened behind the pack-saddle of the one, 

 to the headstall of the other. 



A caravan en route, or rather a tribe journeying, presents a most pic- 

 turesque appearance. The camels carry the tents, cooking utensils, and pro- 



