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SCAMP'S VISIT TO CONEY ISLAND. 



long legs and a long neck, and such an ugly head! But I used to 

 like to hear about him. 



He was a camel. Did you ever see a camel? In the countries 

 where camels live the people ride on them. They cross the great 

 deserts of sand on the backs of camels. Do you think you would 

 like to ride on one? The little children ride in a kind of basket. 



The people often travel many days in the great deserts without 

 finding any water. They always carry water with them in great 

 leather bottles. But the camels themselves can go many days with- 

 out water. They do not get thirsty. 



I wish you could see a baby camel, — a baby camel is such a 

 queer little thing. His body is small, and his legs are very, very 

 long. He has big black eyes. His hair is fluffy and yellow. 



It is a funny sight to see the camels eat. The driver sjareads a 

 cloth on the ground and pours the grain upon it. Then all the 

 camels sit down on the ground around the cloth and eat. It is just 

 like a picnic. 



They behave very well at their table. They bend their long 

 necks down to the grain. They look as if they were bowing 

 politely to each other. Sometimes a camel feels cross, and will not 

 eat at all. Do you ever feel so cross that you cannot eat? 



the station." 



SCAMP'S YISIT TO COXEY ISLAND. 



XE day ni}- master told me to get ready to go 

 away. He began packing up my neck-rib- 

 bons and pug-dog harness. I wondered 

 where he was going. At last he took me 

 in his arms. Wyatt, the waiter, carried his 

 valise down-stairs, and we got into the car- 

 riage. My master's sisters and brothers were 

 there, too. 



We drove away, and at last stopped at 



a big house, and my master said, " Here's 



Then we got into a soit of long carriage, with seats 



