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THE CAMEL. 
camel, and its young one, in a bag, on th^ 
other. Riley, who was a captive to the Arabs> 
in his journey with them through the Grea*' 
Desert, used to assist the women and children' 
to place themselves in baskets, made of camel S 
skin, with a wooden rim around them, ove’^ 
which the skin was sewed, capable of holdia^ 
three or four with perfect safety, if they onh 
took care to keep their balance. The wRe® 
of chiefs and opulent persons sit cross-legg®® 
upon a small round concave saddle in 
form of a stool, over which a small awning 
sometimes raised to screen the rider from 
sun. A Moor or a negro slave leads tl’^ 
animal along by a cord fastened to a 
which passes through the cartilage of the no®^' 
Sometimes two or more camels will bear 
sort of litter, in which women and child^^*' 
ride with considerable ease. At others 
camel is laden with large panniers filled 
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heavy goods, or wdth bales strapped on 
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