AKABIAN CAMEL OR DROMEDARY. 
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of a briiile, was put through the hole purposely made 
in the gristle of tlie creature’s nose. The Arab ap- 
pointed to mount w'as straightly laced, from the very 
loins quite to the throat, in a strong leathern jacket, 
they never riding tiiose animals any otherwise ac- 
coutred, so impetuously violent are the concussions 
the rider undergoes, during the rapid motion. We 
were to be diverted with seeing this fine Aashari run 
against some of the swiftest barbs of the whole Nija, 
whicli is famed for having good ones of the true Ly- 
bian breed, shaped like greyhounds, and which will 
sometimes t un down an ostrich, which very few of 
the best can pretend to do, especially upon a hard 
ground perfectly level. We all started like racers, 
and for the first spurt, most of the best mounted 
among us kept up pretty well, but our grass-fed 
horses soon flagged, several of the Numidian runners 
held pace till we, who still followed upon a good 
round hand gallop, could no longer discern them, and 
then gave out, as we were told after their return. 
When the dromedary bad been out of our sight for 
half an hour, wo again espied it flying towards us 
with an amazing velocity, and in a very few mo- 
ments W'as among us, and seemingly nothing con- 
cerned, while the horses and mares were all in a 
foam, and scarce able to breathe, as was likewise 
a fleet tall greyhound bitch, of tiie young prince’s, 
who had followed and kept pace the whole time, and 
was no sooner got back to us, but lay down panting 
as if ready to expire. I cannot tell how many miles 
