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Messenger Camel
of India
The Illustrated London
News - A race of Camels, of which the annexed is a specimen,
are bred for speed ; their heads and necs are shaven, and
they have a leg like a race-horse ; they have been known
to travel nine hundred miles in eight days; snd their enduring
swiftness would be almost incredible, were it not corroborated
by the best authorities, who all agree in the accounts of
the speed of the 'Heirir,' 'El Herie,' or 'Maherry of the
desert." 'When thou shalt meet a Heirie,' say the Arabs,
in their poetical mode of expression,'and say to the rider,
'Salem Aleik,;ere he shall have answered thee, 'Aleik Salem,'
he will be far off, and nearly out of sight ; for his swiftness
is like the wind."
The "Sabayee," of which the above is an illustration,
is the fastest breed of the swift Dromedary, and will travel
with ease 630 miles in five days. 7/3/1846
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