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and fastened either with cordage made 
the palm-tree or thongs of leather. Buck- 
^*^§ham saw camels carrying mill-stones nearly 
feet in diameter ; one being laid flat on 
animal’s hack, in the very centre of the 
”Utnp^ resting on the high part of the saddle, 
being secured by cords passing under his 
Miy. 
The only mechanical employment that gives 
^ 'Variety to the pastoral life of the Arabs of 
African desert, is the manufacture of the 
j^iiiel’s hair into garments and tent covers. 
^ is the younger animals which exclusively 
^'ipply the hair for these purposes : that of 
older camels they convert into a coarse 
f^tead, of which they make a kind of vessel 
''''^permeable to liquids, that answers the pur- 
of our buckets. 
liurckhardt informs us that at Souakin 
''"I'ole herds of camels are left to pasture 
''^dhout either man or dog to tend them. 
