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/pay for the article and then show him that this is your earthly
possessions and there is really no meed to ask for more. The people
are shrewd and the bargaining is part of their traditional and social
life. They do it politely and in good humor, The camel is a comman
gite but one which does not respect much affection from the natives.
Now is he to be taken lightly. It isn't his halitosis or harelip that

that makes him so unpopular but his attitude. One of his most obnoxious

habits is for him to spit his foul green cud all over you as you try to

‘get on his back. He is just as willing also to take a bite out of you

at the sameetime. It seems so remarkable that they remain so wild
even efter such a long period of domestication. These deliberate and

mangey .old animals are certainly a pathetical, sight.’