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| Keywords: Arab Camels.jpg en Wood engraving of The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Nineveh by John Philip Newman Page 447 Text Appearing Before Image THE DROMEDARY su23position that the former has one hump and the latterhas two humps But such is not the case The double-humped camel is found only in Bactria and in countriesnorth and east of Persia; and is shorter thicker moremuscular covered with a dark and shaggy hair and isheavier and stronger than the single-humped camel found Isaiah xxi 7 BABYLON AND NINEVEH 447 in Mesopotamia Arabia Syria Egypt and Africa Thelatter are taller more slender of a paler color lighter inform and in flesh and are covered with a short sleekhair From the single-humped camel comes the drome-dary which is trained for speed and holds the same re-lation to other camels that the race-horse holds to otherhorses Having passed the great caravan we rode on andlunched at Saracosh During the afternoon our path Text Appearing After Image ARAB CAMELS lay through a beautiful section of country where the soilwas red rich and well cultivated Crossing the charm-ing Sarjure we halted for the night at the small villageof Karaguz From the peasants we replenished our ex-hausted larder and after a good supper on what thedairy the hennery and the flock could furnish we restedfor the night The mornino; was brio-ht but a stronsj north-west windblew hard all day which detracted from the pleasure of 448 THRONES AND PALACES OF traveling At noon we rested for two hours at Cliobora-l>eojee where is a small mosque shaded by three youngtrees The pretty maidens of the place were milking thesheep which their youthful brothers had driven in fromthe fields Both men and women were engaged in brick-making and the bricks produced resembled in size andcolor those I had seen at ancient Babylon and Nineveh After our too brief rest we were again in the saddle and during the afternoon rode through a rich country and more th 1876 https //www flickr com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14797945303 Newman John Philip 1826-1899 other versions Custom license marker 2015 11 10 PD-old Camels in art The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback 1876 Uploaded with UploadWizard | ||||
