The innocents abroad; . nd when he is upright helooks like an ostrich with an extra set of legs. Camels are notbeautiful, and their long under lip gives them an exceedinglygallus* expression. They have immense, flat, forked cush-ions of feet, that make a track in the dust like a piewith a slice cut out of it. They are not particular abouttheir diet. They would eat a tombstone if they couldbite it. A thistle grows about here w^hich has needles on itthat would pierce through leather,I think ; if one touches you, yoncan find relief in nothing but pro-fanity. The camels eat show by thei
The innocents abroad; . nd when he is upright helooks like an ostrich with an extra set of legs. Camels are notbeautiful, and their long under lip gives them an exceedinglygallus* expression. They have immense, flat, forked cush-ions of feet, that make a track in the dust like a piewith a slice cut out of it. They are not particular abouttheir diet. They would eat a tombstone if they couldbite it. A thistle grows about here w^hich has needles on itthat would pierce through leather,I think ; if one touches you, yoncan find relief in nothing but pro-fanity. The camels eat show by their actions thatthey enjoy them. I suppose itwould be a real treat to a camelto have a keg of nails for supper. While I am speaking of ani- ^ ^^ood feeder. mals, I will mention that I have a horse now by the name of Jericho. He is a mare. I have seen remarkable horses before, but none so remarkable as this. I wanted a horse that could shy, and this one fills the bill. I * Excuse the slang—no other word will describe 440 THE HORSE JERICHO. had an idea that shying indicated spirit. If I was correct, Ihave got the most spirited liorse on earth. He shies at everything he comes across, with the utmost impartiality. He ap-pears to liave a mortal dread of telegraph poles, especially;and it is fortunate that these are on both sides of the road,because as it is now, I never fall oif twice in succession on thesame side. If I fell on the same side always, it would get tobe monotonous after a while. This creature has scared atevery thing he has seen to-day, except a haystack. He walkedup to that with an intrepidity and a recklessness that wereastonishing. And it would fill any one with admiration to seehow he preserves his self-possession in the presence of a barleysack. This dare-devil bravery will be the death of this horsesome day. He is not particularly fast, but I think he will get me throughthe Holy Land. He has only one fault. His tail has beenchopped off or else he has sat dow
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