A LION MOUSA AND HIS CAMELS. 
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gration of the whole of the town going in quest 
of a new country. 
A trap was set last night for the lion, but tne 
king of beasts was too wise to be caught. En- 
ISToor borrowed a gun of us to make this trap, 
which was of the following description. It was 
expected that the lion would come again to the 
carcase of the camel ; so a hedge of thorns was 
made round the carcase with one opening, where 
was placed the muzzle of the gun, with a large 
piece of meat tied to the trigger, so that when he 
seized the meat he might fire off the deadly weapon 
against himself. 
This is a fine place for doves, and Overweg 
shot half a dozen to-day. Our Tanelkum, Mousa, 
informs us of the right way of tending camels. 
They ought never to be tied, but allowed to roam 
at large. They require also to be led through 
the best valleys, being so far helpless in finding a 
good grazing-place for themselves. He showed 
us his camels, comparing them with ours. And 
certainly ours, which had their legs tied and were 
not guided to good herbage, could not bear com- 
parison. But, of course, the business, the support, 
the riches of Mousa, are his camels. They occupy 
all his thoughts, and would appear, to a stranger, 
to be the end of his existence. 
6t7i. — This morning at sunrise the thermometer 
was as low as 52° Fahrenheit. We shivered with 
cold. 
