Tropical Sketches: Or, Reminiscences of an Indian Journalist, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1855 |
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Page 214
... camels and dromedaries , of horses and mules , of he - asses and she - asses ? All around the hotel , their feet sinking deeply in the sand and shingle on the beach , are animals prepared for the road . Horses , and mules , and donkeys ...
... camels and dromedaries , of horses and mules , of he - asses and she - asses ? All around the hotel , their feet sinking deeply in the sand and shingle on the beach , are animals prepared for the road . Horses , and mules , and donkeys ...
Page 222
... camel scattered about were eloquent of suffering and death- suffering and death endured by that most pa- tient and most miserable of animals . Who that has heard the whining lament of the young camel , as it moves uneasily its graceless ...
... camel scattered about were eloquent of suffering and death- suffering and death endured by that most pa- tient and most miserable of animals . Who that has heard the whining lament of the young camel , as it moves uneasily its graceless ...
Page 223
... camel frisking joyfully about its mother , happy in itself and the source of happiness in others , as lambs and foals are no , its severe life is one of early misery , crowned by later suffering and a wretched death . The tourist who ...
... camel frisking joyfully about its mother , happy in itself and the source of happiness in others , as lambs and foals are no , its severe life is one of early misery , crowned by later suffering and a wretched death . The tourist who ...
Page 224
... camels , the nose of the one be- hind tied to the tail of the one before , alone making its way , slowly , solemnly , silently along , in the opposite direction . The camels ' bones were unheeded even by the camels themselves , and , as ...
... camels , the nose of the one be- hind tied to the tail of the one before , alone making its way , slowly , solemnly , silently along , in the opposite direction . The camels ' bones were unheeded even by the camels themselves , and , as ...
Page 247
... camels , those toiling desert- ships , is seen winding its way along in single file , most gloomy - looking , most melancholy . - There is something in the very aspect of the burdened camel that appears to tell of pain and suffering ...
... camels , those toiling desert- ships , is seen winding its way along in single file , most gloomy - looking , most melancholy . - There is something in the very aspect of the burdened camel that appears to tell of pain and suffering ...
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