THE CAMEL 



this special breed is a peculiarly active one ; but what 

 I do say is, that the camel, as a mountain animal, is far 

 inferior to the mule, or donkey, or the hill pony, and a 

 comparison between them is sheer waste of time. 



Aden These camels show every appearance of high 



breeding. Slight, small, very wiry and muscular, hair 

 very fine and short, colour a kind of whitish brown. 

 Far more suitable for riding than baggage work. These 

 animals were some that I worked with in the Suakim 

 campaign of 1884, and were shipped from Aden, hence 

 my reason for speaking of -them as such. As a matter 

 of fact, I believe they came from the near vicinity. 



Shawam These are bred in Syria, especially at El Arish. 



They are very large, powerful, and hairy; are great 

 weight-carriers, but slow, and must be well fed and 

 cared for. Used in the Egyptian army to carry 

 mountain guns. 



Delta or These are large and coarse. Colour a dirty brown, 



Egypt kut var ^ es - UP to good weight. Accustomed to green 

 food, therefore soft and do not stand desert work well. 



Upper Those between Keneh and Assouan are average- 



sized and well-bred looking, very white in colour, and 

 only moderate weight-carriers. 



Bisharin Light grey, wiry, active and medium-sized. Are 



essentially riding camels, and considered by the 

 Bedawins to be about the best and fastest. The whole 

 district of this tribe, which is the largest in Nubia, 

 extends along the Mle to the sea, between Berber and 

 Suakim, and is called ' Etbai.' It stops at Wadi Kokreb, 

 a hundred and five miles from the latter place, and in 

 a southerly direction the limit is at Gozerajup. It is 

 chiefly in the northern parts of Etbai that the breeding 



