| 单词 | dromedary |
| 例句 | “The emperors used to eat the peaked hump of purple dromedaries,” she would say. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Chestnut trees line the approach, a river runs through the grounds, there are lakes and woods for ramblers, farm animals – and even dromedaries in summer. French châteaux: 10 princely stays at affordable prices 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z The grand backdrop sets the stage for even more grandiose props like horses, dromedaries, and even lions, depending on the opera. In Transit: Opera and Ballet, With Roman Ruins as Striking Backdrop 2011-06-02T10:00:39Z Q. Rep. Gohmert, what do you call two dromedaries crossing a desert? Style Invitational Week 1353: What’s playing at the retroplex 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The WHO said there were no signs the man had come into contact with dromedary camels, which spread the disease that is separate from COVID-19. Man tests positive for MERS in Abu Dhabi near Oman border - WHO 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z And the oryxes, and the Barbary sheep, and the Przewalski’s horses, the giraffes, the dromedary camels and a variety of other hoofed mammals. Outsiders Solve Problems. Just Ask Goats. 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Al Dhafra also features falcon racing, dromedary dancing and a camel milking contest. In UAE desert, camels compete for crowns in beauty pageant 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z The dromedary in question escaped a Nativity scene in Bonner Springs, marking the latest chapter in the colorful and often chaotic history of camels in the United States. Why police end up chasing camels around Christmas time 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The Mission Revival style in particular lasted only maybe a quarter-century, until World War I. To my way of thinking, it is not attractive, with that arched roofline like a dromedary’s hump. Mission Revival, Craftsman, storybook — L.A.’s home styles explained 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z This antibody is a genetic characteristic llamas share with all camelids, the family of mammals that also includes alpacas, guanacos and dromedaries. Hoping Llamas Will Become Coronavirus Heroes 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Eighty-six percent of the dromedaries and 69 percent of the goats who managed to get the goods. Outsiders Solve Problems. Just Ask Goats. 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Prof Gary Stephens said: "Llamas and other dromedaries, such as camels, have been found to produce nano antibodies which are much smaller than those of humans." Uni's llama to be named Jeremy or Boris 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z They are mostly the dromedary or Arabian camel, which has one hump, and is the species chosen for milk production. Would you drink camel milk? 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z The Nats are not desperate enough — yet — to use a dromedary as a relief pitcher to get them over their late-inning hump. Perspective | A tale of two Nats signings: Patrick Corbin (good), Trevor Rosenthal (not so much) 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z “We realized we were giving him the commands in Arabic, but that’s for dromedary Arabian camels. No wonder he was confused. He’s Mongolian. So I tried ‘sook’ and he does much better now.” Owner of Montana yak ranch adds a camel to the mix 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z The video above shows two domesticated dromedary camels—named Baby and Nessie—gnawing on a prickly pear cactus near Tucson, Arizona. This is How Camels Can Eat Spikey Cacti 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Some rummaging around, Muyldermans says, turned up an alternative: a stash of frozen dromedary camel serum collected to study the animals' parasites. Mini-antibodies discovered in sharks and camels could lead to drugs for cancer and other diseases 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The botulinum toxin helps to inflate facial features such as the lips and nose, thus allowing a given camel to live up to local standards of dromedary attractiveness. Silliness and Scams Seem to Always Hitch a Ride with Human Activity 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Only when domesticated dromedary camels appeared in the first millennium B.C.E. did nomads begin long seasonal treks, Hammer, Arbuckle, and Potts say. Was trading by nomads crucial to the rise of cities? 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z “It’s universal with camels, even with dromedaries,” Watson aid. Owner of Montana yak ranch adds a camel to the mix 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Today, Wallach says, “camels are best suited to Australia,” where they were introduced in the 19th century, and where there are now some 300,000 dromedaries wandering in the desert. These Giant Invasive Beasts May Actually Be Good for the Planet 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z One of the rounds struck the one-humped dromedary above the eye, said Robert Ringo, who runs the center. Stray bullet kills camel in Oregon animal rehab center 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, he’s as fascinated by dromedaries and a squawking vulture as he is the humans. Werner Herzog travels to Arabian lands and Bolivian loopiness in 'Queen of the Desert,' 'Salt and Fire' 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Rosling says, “The camel dies and we have a dromedary world with one hump only!” Three minutes with Hans Rosling will change your mind about the world If this is the straw that broke the camel’s back, this dromedary was already overburdened and suffering from arthritis, spinal stenosis and ruptured disks. We knew this Trump all along 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z One of the team, Prof Olivier Hanotte, from Nottingham University, explained that what made the dromedary so biologically fascinating was its close link to human history. Ancient trade routes written in camel genes - BBC News 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z The one-hump, or dromedary, camel and her handler, Robin Orefice, often strolled along the dusty roads, greeting residents and waving at passing drivers. 7 1/2-foot camel, fixture in Agua Dulce community, killed by driver 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z An international team looked for evidence of current or past infection in more than 800 dromedary camels. Juvenile camels 'key source' of Mers - BBC News 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Today, dromedaries are found across North Africa, western Asia and Australia, while Bactrian camels inhabit central Asia and the far east. 300-Year-Old Ottoman Camel Skeleton Discovered in Austria 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z The shape of its skull - alongside subsequent genetic tests - confirmed the animal was born to a one-humped, dromedary mother and a two-humped, Bactrian father. Intact Ottoman 'war camel' found in Austrian cellar 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z This means that dromedaries are likely to be much more adaptable in the face of a changing environment. Ancient trade routes written in camel genes - BBC News 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z There is growing evidence that the natural reservoir of MERS, which first appeared in 2012, is dromedary camels, and last year’s peak in the spring seemed to coincide with the weaning period of camel calves. The world should learn from the Ebola crisis to combat MERS in Saudi Arabia 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z To gain further insight into the origins of this emerging human infection and the link to camels, the team then looked at samples obtained from dromedary camels living in other countries. Juvenile camels 'key source' of Mers - BBC News 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Crammed camels rescued: More than a dozen dromedary camels crammed into containers have been rescued in Spain’s Canary Islands while the animals were being transported for use in Epiphany parades. World digest: Jan. 3, 2015 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z But in 1970, the line is different: a Bactrian camel not a dromedary. Breaking the camel’s back 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Tests on 203 dromedaries from different parts of Saudi Arabia found evidence of past infection in about 75 percent overall, with higher rates in some regions. Camels Linked to Spread of Deadly Virus in People 2014-02-25T05:17:46Z Scientists say they believe dromedary camels in the Middle East may be the animal "reservoir" which is fuelling the outbreak. Kuwait reports first MERS-coronavirus case 2013-11-13T13:00:24Z A Eurosurveillance report weeks later stoked that suspicion, as most of the dromedaries sampled from Egypt had similar results. Battling Saudi Arabia's Deadly New Disease 2013-10-16T11:05:28Z Researchers analyzed blood serum samples of 149 animals, including cattle, sheep, dromedary camels and others, which were from Oman, Spain, Netherlands and Chile. Link Found Between MERS Coronavirus and Camels 2013-08-09T21:18:00Z And this time their search led to the humped dromedary. Middle Eastern Virus Linked to Camels 2013-08-09T10:50:24Z Consequentially, the presidential dromedary was left in the care of a local farm family tasked with insuring its good health and happiness. French President's Camel Eaten in Mali 2013-04-10T06:55:00Z They migrated into Eurasia and separated into two categories: the two-humped Bactrian and single-humped dromedary. Exploring the DromeDairy: Camels and Their Milk 2013-01-23T14:15:00.293Z They are mainly dromedaries, but include a minority of bactrian camels. Cull and drought hits wild camels 2012-07-24T12:41:36Z You will feel very strange at first: much as though you were on the back of a dromedary and were completely at his mercy. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Among them was the corps of Sikh guides, or couriers, mounted on "swift dromedaries." From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The messenger mounts at once on a dromedary: he is followed by a servant leading a camel. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Having lapsed into a worldly mind again, he thus addresses Tabitha: “Shall I, who am to ride the purple dromedary, go dressed like Revelation Fats, the basket-maker?—Give me the peruke, boy!” Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z Camels’ and dromedaries’ flesh was much esteemed, their heels most especially. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Their camels and dromedaries are their waggons, their horses are their friends, their families and those of others that make up their tribe are their only nationality. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z Here's Whittington's cat, and the tall dromedary, The chaise without horses, and queen of Hungary; Here's the merry-go-rounds, come, who rides, come, who rides, Sir? England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z The Hebrews mention two chiefs of the Midianites, whose names were "Wolf" and "Raven," the leather tents of this people, the number of their dromedaries, and the moons which their camels carried as ornaments. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z His forces were composed of twenty-six thousand light infantry, eight thousand horsemen, a host of archers and spearmen mounted on dromedaries, and eighteen thousand common soldiers. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z The Brazilian Government are at the same time turning their attention to improving the existing means of transport by importing dromedaries for use. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z A camel can be purchased in Egypt for from thirty to fifty dollars, though the high bred dromedary will fetch a very much larger sum. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z With steam for her active and potent agent, she drives highways across the wilderness, covers remote seas with smoky shipping, replaces dromedaries by locomotives, runs rails through the Arab village and the lion's lair. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z This may be true of the dromedary, or African one-humped camel; but it is not correct of the Bactrian, or two-humped camel, the species used by the Russians. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z One day, however, the dromedary became a stumbling-block to all the class; not one of them could remember the name of the beast. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Fat, loaded down like a dromedary under bed, blankets, a suitcase and all, was looking for the same barracks. Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man 2011-07-26T02:00:15.197Z The dromedary attains to a speed which the Arab compares to the speed of the wind. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z "Oh, get along, you dromedary!" she muttered and rowelled her horse sharply. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z But we start; the six pack-horses in front with their loads standing out from their backs, giving the creatures the appearance of so many dromedaries. Among the Canadian Alps 2011-05-30T02:00:16.600Z I didn’t mean to be rude, but I naturally imagined that the hump was the badge of the scholastic calling, and that the dromedary was dominie among the beasts. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z "Well, well," sighed the old squire, "when I was a young man, we 'd have thought of bringing over a dromedary from Asia as soon as an English horse to cross the country with." The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Rustan turned pale, stammered out a compliment, took leave of his host, and galloped upon his dromedary to the capital city, where the ceremony was to be performed. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Epha; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall show forth the praises of the Lord. A Voice of Warning An introduction to the faith and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-13T03:00:21.363Z Sometimes, in deep privacy he clinches his fist and mentally calls his betrothed "a love-sick dromedary!" 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Donne—whose muse on dromedary trots,— Twists iron pokers into true love knots. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z This was true enough; sorra a bit of a camel or dromedary could be seen for miles round. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Unattached tails danced in the quivering vapour, and the entire distance was alive with fragments of men and dromedaries, which seemed to have been hurled through the air by the bursting of an exploded mine. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z This species, the one-humped camel, or dromedary, differs somewhat from that having two humps. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The camels and dromedaries were advancing with water; but no one knew by which way to enter the tower. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Camelus, the camel, dromedary, lama, and alpaca: 4 species. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History It is about five hundred miles across as the stork flies, but the dromedary is not disturbed by distance. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise He nimbly mounts the crupper of his now unladen dromedary, and at a trot moves down the bazaar on his way back to the town of Lahedge. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The horses and the dromedaries, or camels, are considered very fine, and command a good price. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Of this quadruped there are two species, the dromedary, and the Bactrian camel, which has two hunches on the back. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom "Ha! ha!" chuckled a big dromedary at the right of the Sheik, and the man turned in startled fright and fired at the animal. Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 Then he told us about the dromedary mail that crosses the desert from Damascus to Bagdad, like a through express. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The son of the chief of the tribe, a little boy about twelve years of age, was mounted on a dromedary, riding by the side of Napoleon, and chatting with great familiarity. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 Mounted on dromedaries, these bold raiders made sudden descents on defenceless villages, carried off quantities of booty, and then disappeared into the desert. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Sings the brown man: After a thousand days of cramped legs flecked with green slobber of dromedaries she awaits me lean with desire pallid with dust sinewy naked before her. A Pushcart at the Curb "Ha! ha!" said the dromedary, and Bouchardy stepped up to it, and opening its mouth, produced the bullet. Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 Once an Englishman wanted to go through by the dromedary mail, and did go, though they implored him to travel in the regular way. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise Napoleon took some Arabs on dromedaries, and hastened in pursuit of them. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 So the dromedary was ordered to come for us. What We Saw in Egypt A thousand days of cramped legs flecked with green slobber of dromedaries. A Pushcart at the Curb But not the bang of the revolver, and the flint-lock of the vizier was smoking, and the dromedary had fallen, and its life blood was pouring out on the sand. Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 “By his hump ’tis a dromedary!” added the captain, eying it keenly. The Spy Condensed for use in schools Two men, seated back to back, were mounted on each dromedary; and such was the strength and endurance of these animals, that they could thus travel ninety miles without food, water, or rest. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 We passed some skeletons of dromedaries which had been bleached by the sun and wind. What We Saw in Egypt I knew to a minute when my dromedary's shadow was of the right length. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant A few camels and dromedaries, which Belisarius had brought with him from Africa, buried their heads in the sand. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) His chief pleasure has been travelling and sailing, and he has travelled and sailed wherever a horse or a dromedary, a schooner or a canoe, can penetrate. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June The hands of the prince were bound, and he was tied fast on one of the dromedaries, while two horsemen rode on each side, and kept a careful watch on all his movements. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace Hugh thought the dromedary's trot delightful, and wished he could always travel by dromedary, but Lucy thought a Cairo donkey very much to be preferred. What We Saw in Egypt I remember being in the 'dromedary brigade' at Cairo. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II The caravan, besides Miss Tinné's domestics, included six guides and twenty-five armed men; while a hundred and ten camels and dromedaries were loaded with stores and provisions. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century "Is it the camel or the dromedary that sticks its head in the sand?" The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons The broad shelf beneath was covered with tinsel-sprinkled green, and here were creatures many, cats and lions and elephants, dromedaries and horses and turtles, all in clear barley sugar, red and yellow and white. The Wooing of Calvin Parks After lunch the lady asked if we had ever ridden on a dromedary. What We Saw in Egypt This species is a native of Central Asia, China, and Thibet, and is generally as useful in those countries as is the dromedary in Arabia, being employed for the saddle, for draught, and burden. Happy Days for Boys and Girls A dahabuyah was accordingly hired, along with six stalwart boatmen, all of whom swore on the Kúran that they would keep pace with the swiftest dromedary. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century The Express was given to a man on a dromedary, who, stopping nowhere, entered Alexandria on the 20th. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign And the lady’s maid might have been on a dromedary, for all the consciousness the poor child had of it. The Missourian But Lucy was a little frightened, and said she felt as if she was going to tumble over the dromedary's head. What We Saw in Egypt In point of speed it cannot approach the Arabian dromedary, although it is little inferior to the ordinary camel of burden. Happy Days for Boys and Girls And on the whole, this exclamation was entirely suitable, for ambling toward them were a long-legged camel and a wobbly-necked dromedary. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island Saying this he walked towards the camels and with the Bedouins began to make a seat for the little girl on the back of the best dromedary. In Desert and Wilderness Behind the carriage rides his express, mounted on a dromedary, in readiness to start with despatches. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 "And where would you wish to go to-day, sir?" asked his dragoman of the Angel who was moving his head from side to side like a dromedary in the Haymarket. Another Sheaf What with calls on his private skill, and appeals to his public zeal, Dr. Sevier was always loaded like a dromedary. Dr. Sevier The dromedary stopped and looked at him coldly. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island The women emulated the men; they either guided their own dromedaries, or sitting in pillion, they clung2897 to their husbands; veils they disdained, and their countenances certainly belonged not to a "soft sex." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 When all was done, the cavallante mounted to the top of the load, where he perched himself like an Arab on a dromedary. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. I've got to be in town before that five train goes out, and here's that old dromedary of yours stuck in the mud.—How? The End of the Rainbow As we progressed through this attractive region the pastures became alive with sheep, goats, many camels, and some dromedaries. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months "The doubtful dromedary wept, As o'er the desert sands he stept, Association with the sphinx Has made him doubtful, so he thinks!" chortled the Knight with his head on one side. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island "I could make as good music out of a currycomb, as you out of that cracked thing that sits perched on your hump—like a monkey on the back of a dromedary." The Buccaneer A Tale The girl kept her seat, partly by balancing, but as much by holding on to the high bony withers of the horse, that rose above his shoulders like the hump of a dromedary. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness The pastures become alive with sheep and goats and dromedaries. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands But come, we'll build a larger boat Of English breed, no Teuton shams, Where sheltered animals shall float, The lion couchant with the lambs: See from the cabin's open door What mild-faced dromedaries pour! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 16, 1914 First, Happy brought them a delicious luncheon, with plenty of twigs and hay for the camel and dromedary and meat for the Cowardly Lion. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island In the fifth are seen the Magi arriving in Bethlehem with a great number of men, horses, and dromedaries, and a variety of other things—a scene truly well composed. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna An idea of the extraordinary fleetness of dromedaries may be gathered from the fact that there are several in Harish who can run easily in one day from Harish to Kantara. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria He kept a herd of dromedaries; he gained his victories by the rapidity of his marches. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 They were separated by a child who had been startled by a look from an amiable dromedary. Love at Paddington A boat large enough to hold Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, Happy Toko, the camel and the dromedary could not very well be launched in secret. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island The dromedary has long and deservedly been called "the Ship of the Desert." Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. As has been already mentioned, the postal service between Harish and the outer world is provided for by a weekly mail to Kantara, by means of a dromedary. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria “He seemed very downcast, and he sighed like a dromedary,” Glycerium answered. The Proud Prince Mephisto changes himself into a horse—'with wings like a dromedary.' The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' The beast ran awkwardly over to the throne, and swallowing the lantern with a convulsive gulp, settled down beside the dromedary. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island Our first sight of guinea-pigs, our first view of the black-bellied hamster, our first sight of the camel and dromedary, with a monkey on his neck, and our first bear, were seen in this way. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. There is an almost incredible difference between the capabilities of the camel and the dromedary, as much as between those of the English draught-horse and race-horse. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria You would have thought that this creature was just an ordinary dromedary— a downright authentic camel. Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine) Despairing at length of success, Zenobia mounted her fleetest dromedary and fled across the desert to the Euphrates. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The dromedary's eyes flew open, and he stared sleepily at the magnificent procession of Silver Islanders. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island They were mounted on the finest of dromedaries, which seemed proud to carry their royal masters. Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) A very serviceable animal, suitable either for draught purposes or for running, results from a cross between the dromedary and camel. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria Little good-fellows, we swarm over the world, like vermin on the hump of a dromedary. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul The One-Hump camel is called an Arabian camel, or a dromedary. The Wonders of the Jungle Book One First came two monks of the Order of St. Benedict, mounted on mules so large that Don Quixote, with some reason, took them to be dromedaries. The Red Romance Book They tied the hands of the unfortunate prince, however, and bound him securely upon a dromedary. The Oriental Story Book A Collection of Tales Soon after starting we were joined by a remarkably lean dromedary, bearing the mails from El Harish. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria I crushed the impure; I overthrew the proud; and my desolation rushed to right and left, like a dromedary let loose in a field of maize. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul Long rows of dromedaries loaded with luggage were moving stately forward. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852 I found myself under the stomach of a fallen dromedary,78 and had great difficulty in extricating myself; the boy Mohammed emerged from the tumult with a bleeding nose. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Let them bind him and place him on one of our dromedaries; perhaps we may be of some assistance to the unfortunate.” The Oriental Story Book A Collection of Tales Altogether there are 500 camels in the place—60 of which are for the use of the soldiers; also 60 hayin or dromedaries, one only of which is assigned to them. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria It is also seen occasionally in Arabia and other countries; but in these it is rare, the dromedary taking its place for all purposes required by man. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys A well-trained dromedary will sell for three hundred dollars and upward; a pack animal rarely brings more than one-fourth as much. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Were I to taunt a buffalo with this Cloven foot of thine, or the swift dromedary With thy Sublime of Humps, the animals Would revel in the compliment. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry A dromedary is a thorough-bred Arabian camel of more than ordinary speed and bottom; hence well adapted for running. Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois A bridal pageant on the back of dromedaries! The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony They are natives of the countries which they inhabit; the dromedary coming from Arabia and Africa, the camel from the middle of Asia, to the north of the Himalaya mountains. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals Men led elephants away; others came with the two-humped dromedaries, and after them the striped zebra trotted, showing something like temper because his spell of liberty had been so short. Chums of the Camp Fire There may be also seen, but less frequently, in the kings' group, camels and dromedaries, covered with rich harness, and led by the bridle by slaves. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 A man had passed the band that day on a fast dromedary, and the prisoners conjectured that he might have brought news of some defeat of their friends, which would account for their increased cruelty. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan Possibly you take me for a dromedary; but you are wrong. Comic History of the United States The camel has two humps, the dromedary one; the last is the lightest and the swiftest, and is generally chosen for riding, while the former carries the burdens. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals The journey across the desert tract was performed on donkeys, the luggage being carried on camels or dromedaries. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Though it has not the ugly hump of the dromedary, it possesses the same callosities on the breast and knees; its hoof is divided in the same manner, and is of the same formation. On the Banks of the Amazon I sought my dromedary and fled, in hopes of vengeance. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War If I let you off the monkeys, I should insist upon the parrots; but the most important of all is the dromedary. More About Peggy An Egyptian dromedary, which Fly "just knew" had a sore throat; and a stuffed gorilla in "buffalo coat and leather gloves." Prudy Keeping House In North Africa the Arabs hunt the ostrich on swift horses or running dromedaries. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Mounted on a dromedary, he made his way, without stopping, to Alexandria, where Waghorn awaited him with a steamer. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy And ye could go fast and easy for a week, with provisions all round ye, and the dromedary he only wanted to eat and drink once a week. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Anything in reason to enjoy the pleasure of your society, but really—” “Nobody shall come with us to the Zoo who is too proud to ride on the dromedary,” said Peggy firmly. More About Peggy By this time the dromedary has shuffled himself some more along the brick pavement and opened the ugliest mouth ever seen this side the Nile. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs The dromedaries swing their long legs over the ground, seeming to fly on invisible wings. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People I had two dromedaries here, thoroughbred; we might have reached Hebron before——' 'You went with him to Sinai?' Tancred Or, The New Crusade Now, have the dromedaries died out, do ye think? For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Will you have a penny ride with us round the grounds on the back of a dromedary?” More About Peggy The dromedary winks three times and puts a sinuous, swaying sort of motion into his body. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs It consisted of a hundred men, including seven French officers and some non-commissioned officers, and its equipment and provisions were carried by three hundred dromedaries. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People It appeared from the account of Baroni, that his highness had departed at dawn, on his dromedary, and without an attendant. Tancred Or, The New Crusade A dromedary is only a better bred camel; it is like a hack or hunter, and a cart-horse, you know; the dromedary answering to the former. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War The difference between a camel and a dromedary is the difference between a hack and a thorough-bred horse. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity She has had a ride on a real dromedary, caused palpitations in a hundred masculine hearts, and made 500 of her sex envy her the possession of such feet, figure and nerve. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs The largest caravans contain five hundred or a thousand dromedaries and five hundred men at most. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The horsemen halted, some dismounted, the dromedaries knelt down, Baroni assisted one of the riders from her seat; the great Sheikh advanced and said, 'Welcome in the name of God! welcome with a thousand blessings!' Tancred Or, The New Crusade The multitude of camels shall cover thee; the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah: all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense: and they shall show forth the praises of Jehovah. Five Pebbles from the Brook The deputation from the Hebrews of Egypt, mounted on dromedaries, with silver furniture. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity She approaches the dromedary, which opens one eye by way of recognition. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs They occur in such profusion that even dromedaries, horses, and dogs are fed with the fruits. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People He passed his life in perpetual movement, scudding about on the fleetest dromedaries, and galloping over the deserts on steeds of the highest race. Tancred Or, The New Crusade A circus procession of buffoons, with dromedaries, elephants, sham giants, and pasteboard whales and dragons, seems to have consoled them for all their misery. Peeps At Many Lands: Belgium After these followed two grey dromedaries, with furniture of silver, and many caparisoned horses, each led by a groom in rich attire. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity He muttered his thanks, took leave of his host, and went off on his dromedary to the capital where the ceremony was to take place. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know Everything is yellow and grey, even the dromedaries which carry him, his tent and baggage, from well to well. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People May she always ride upon Nejid steeds and dromedaries, with harness of silver! Tancred Or, The New Crusade He sent Ali Baba, me, and Mujrim, and mounted her on the Bishareen dromedary, that men might know she was one whom her lord delighted to honor. The Lion of Petra And he studies me secretly, as though I were a dromedary, or an archangel, or a mechanical toy whose inner mechanism perplexed him. The Prairie Wife The strength of folk cometh to thee—that is to say, to the City of Jerusalem—great plenty of camels shall do thee service, and dromedaries of Madyan and Effa shall come to thee. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World Three shots are heard in the darkness, and Shah Sevar falls backwards out of the saddle, while his dromedary starts and flies off into the desert. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Might she live for ever in their tents; ever ride on Nejid steeds and on dromedaries with silver harness; ever show herself to the people like a free Arabian maiden! Tancred Or, The New Crusade A tale was told me of a black-faced liar on a Bishareen dromedary who fled hither from El-Kalil last night to persuade the dogs of this place to bark in some hunt of his. The Lion of Petra A Laplander in his sledge, drawn by reindeers over the frozen sea, and a dromedary and his driver on the sandy desert, shows plain how fur the Zar's dominions extend. Samantha at the World's Fair You should have seen how despondently the dromedaries stood, and the merchant drew his caftan over his head. Stories from Hans Andersen Now the dromedaries are urged on to the uttermost; they have double loads to carry, but they travel as quickly as they came. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The advanced guard of the children of Rechab, mounted on their dromedaries, and armed with lances, had some hours ago quitted the ruins. Tancred Or, The New Crusade She is a virgin and fond of travelling and of men’s society, being very clever, so she has her dromedary and goes about quite alone. Letters from Egypt A big crowd wuz gathered round him of human bein's in all strange costumes, and camels and their drivers, and dromedaries, and donkeys, and everything else under the sun. Samantha at the World's Fair That racing dromedary had surely carried her through the night from one world to another. Bella Donna A Novel When the sun stood at its meridian altitude the shadow of the dromedary disappeared beneath the animal. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People All three were mounted on tall and beautiful horses, and accompanied by about two hundred soldiers of the Sultan, mounted on dromedaries, and armed with broadswords, lances and shields. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy After all'—the extra vehemence shifted him another few inches, so that he presented an extraordinary figure, like the hump of a dromedary—'women must have sympathy. The Parts Men Play Many months after the departure of Yusuf from Persia a solitary rider on a swift dromedary reached the extreme northern boundary of El Hejaz, the province that stretches over a considerable portion of western Arabia. The Days of Mohammed "The dromedary will take you there in fifteen minutes." Bella Donna A Novel The body of a dead dromedary lay on the road, and a pack of hungry jackals and hyænas were feasting on the carcase. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The country is fertile and well cultivated, and abounds in durra, cotton, barley, fine horses, camels, dromedaries, kine, sheep, goats and fowls, as does all the country of Berber. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy A dromedary in good condition can make from sixty to eighty miles a day; and the beast Ahmed had engaged was of Arab blood. The Adventures of Kathlyn We have the Indian and the African elephant, the hippopotamus, the various rhinoceroses, the walrus, the giraffe, the elk, the bison, the musk ox, the dromedary, and the camel. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science I see by The Times that dromedaries are on sale at sixty-five pounds apiece. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 By pulling this to one side or the other the dromedary may be turned in any direction. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People On our arrival at Nousreddin, no more dromedaries could be immediately obtained than were sufficient to mount the courier and his two guides. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy "A dromedary town," Eileen dubbed it; for it consisted of a long level with two humps, standing in a bleak desert. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes It is interesting to note, too, how much alike in build and gait are these three thoroughbred desert roamers, the giraffe, the ostrich, and the camel or dromedary. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science And it seems to me that a dromedary at sixty-five pounds is really rather cheap. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 We rode jambas, or swift-footed dromedaries, which for generations have been trained for speed. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The Pasha at this juncture had with him but six hundred cavalry and some of the Abbadies mounted on dromedaries, of whom we had about five hundred with the army, but none of his cannon. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy Provender was furnished for forty thousand horses, and a great number of dromedaries. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 There are two species of camel, the dromedary, single humped, and the Bactrian, with two humps. De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars Considering their trifling cost I am surprised that more people do not possess dromedaries. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 Without rest the robber band pushes on all day, as silent as the desert, the only sounds being the long-drawn breathing of the dromedaries and the rasping sound of their foot-pads on the ground. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People He brought with him, as a present to the Pasha, fifty fine horses, and fifty dromedaries of prime breed. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy In the labour supply density we already hypothised a �dromedary shape� that partly reflected the fact that a minimum income means longer hours when the wage drops. Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy Through the yellow-white arch of the doorway showed a stretch of turquoise-blue sky across which, upon a string, swung golden onions and scarlet peppercorns, whilst underneath ruminated a fine, superbly indifferent dromedary. The Hawk of Egypt Cheaper than a motor-car and far more intelligent and responsive to human affection, a dromedary will add distinction to my establishment and afford pleasant occupation for my leisure. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 When day broke seventy-eight bitten dromedaries were counted. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People As soon as our guide had finished his toilette, he mounted his dromedary and took his post in front, and we set forward. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy But it is nice to see the dromedary shape returning. Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy As Susan Nipper says, 'I may be a camel, but I 'm not a dromedary!' Polly Oliver's Problem As long as I can remember I have lived in a state of uncertainty as to whether a dromedary has two humps and a camel one, or a camel two humps and a dromedary one. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 They tie up their dromedaries, humbly salute Shah Sevar, who invites them to sit down and help themselves to tea from an iron pot. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The traveler gave him water, and placed him on his dromedary, and brought him to the river, but he was too far gone; he died in a half an hour after he reached it. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy In summary, when plotted in a graph, the figure looks like a dromedary, starting high at the left, having a dip in the neck, then the bump, and sliding away towards the tail. Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy After the cavalry came a troop of dromedaries with small cannons mounted on their backs, with gunners to work the pieces. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Then again a dromedary will come for a walk on a fine evening without involving one in a dog-fight. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 The bark of a dog is heard, another joins in—all the dogs of the town are barking; they have winded the dromedaries. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People He was a handsome young man, accompanied by a numerous suite mounted on dromedaries. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy Let us send a swift dromedary to Zal of the white hair, with this message: 'Though your head be covered with dust, do not stay to wash it, but come.' Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) In the Northern area," says a despatch from Mr. POCOCK, "a period of inactivity has set in which is partly due to the fact that the dromedary has been placed on a vegetarian diet. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917 Famous for its browsing propensities, a dromedary about the garden will save untold labour and expense, keeping the lawn trimmed and the hedges clipped. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 With encouraging cries the dromedaries are urged forward; their heads almost touch the ground; they race along while froth and dust fly about them. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People He nimbly mounts the crupper of his now unladen dromedary, and at a trot moves down the bazar. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 The humps on the ladies' backs are not within two feet of being as high as in some of the other cities, and a dromedary could look at them without thinking itself caricatured. Around The Tea-Table The chief himself, unworthy object of this devotion, fled away on a swift dromedary some time before the last group of stalwarts bit the sand. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Deserts into which dromedaries thrust their nostrils, because they were afraid of the simoom—deserts blooming into carnation roses and silver-tipped lilies. New Tabernacle Sermons The dogs bark furiously and some of them have already come out to meet the dromedaries. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Nor did he once think of a carriage, or of a human dromedary,—not even of a lantern, or an umbrella,—as he galloped down the dark road through the thickest of the mud. The Nameless Castle The Arab commutes by dromedary, the Malay by raft, the Indian rajah by elephant, the African chief gets a team of his mothers-in-law to tow him to the office. Shandygaff There were horses of all colours and of all sizes, dromedaries, rhinoceroses, black men and white monkeys, bands of musicians, fairy chariots. The Curly-Haired Hen The camels and dromedaries were advancing with water, but no one knew by which way to enter the tower. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Shah Sevar sits erect on his dromedary and leads the assault. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People A dromedary is a swifter kind of camel, and is just as superior to a camel as a riding-horse is to a cart-horse. Far Off The day after their departure, they were followed by a great number of slaves, dromedaries, and heiries laden with previsions. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa In it there were more 64 than twenty elephants, giraffes, hippopotami, rhinoceroses, zebras, dromedaries, camels, and the rarest kinds of antelopes. The Curly-Haired Hen Here we continually meet herds of camels, but a dromedary is a rare sight. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy The entangled dromedaries with their burdens of slaves and goods are captured, but the rest of the party, twelve riders with ten baggage camels, have vanished in the darkness, pursued by some infuriated dogs. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People To say nothing of a club foot, an impediment in her speech, a voice like a raven's, and a hump like a dromedary's! In the Days of My Youth After remaining about four days at Soudenny, the prisoners were sent to Timbuctoo, under an escort of about sixty armed men, having about eighteen camels and dromedaries. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa He caught swift vision of a wide mirbad, or open court for drying dates; and then, through a low, golden arch, a camel-yard with a vast number of kneeling, white dromedaries. The Flying Legion She has travelled extensively in the East, painting camels, dromedaries, etc. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. The sun stands so high at mid-day that the shadows of the dromedaries disappear beneath them. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Llamas, dromedaries, Cashmere goats, and other strange animals, are brought, thousands of miles by sea and land, to be acclimatised and domesticated to these northern countries. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's The dromedaries he kept in enclosures, where he brought up their young ones. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development "Now, when it comes to a fight—" "Ten dromedaries—no, nine—" Leclair judged. The Flying Legion And that night we should have become acquainted if the train had not run into a dromedary.” The Adventures of a Special Correspondent The third night the dromedaries begin to breathe more heavily, and when the sun rises flecks of white froth hang from their trembling lips. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People To my astonishment I saw dromedaries yoked to many loaded carts. A Woman's Journey Round the World To dream of a dromedary, denotes that you will be the recipient of unexpected beneficence, and will wear your new honors with dignity; you will dispense charity with a gracious hands. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition But upon camels, mules, horses, dromedaries and other beasts, men carry their merchandise thither. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville PHOEBE, on entering the shop, beheld there the already familiar face of the little devourer—if we can reckon his mighty deeds aright—of Jim Crow, the elephant, the camel, the dromedaries, and the locomotive. House of the Seven Gables On arriving at the spring they refill their water-skins and let the dromedaries drink. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People For the barbarians who dwelt on the mountains overlooking the desert, amazed at the multitude of fires they saw, sent messengers upon dromedaries to acquaint Peucestes. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans As there are no dromedaries at hand, the band facetiously plays "The Camels are coming." Vanity Fair When society goes hunting for scapegoats it usually manages to get a gnat lodged in its esophagus while relegating a mangy dromedary to its internal economy. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 His dress and fairness of skin at once proclaimed him, in their shrewd eyes, a European, and their first thought was to glance around in search of his horse or dromedary. The Master Key, an Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity After travelling 1500 miles on camels and dromedaries, the whistle of an engine sounds like the sweetest music to the ear. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The dromedary, which had bolted in the Desert, was brought into Suez the day after my arrival, but my pelisse and my pistols, which had been attached to the saddle, had disappeared. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East I shall be sitting in a gondola or on a dromedary, and all of a sudden I shall want to clear out. The American "By his hump 'tis a dromedary!" added the captain, eying it keenly. The Spy He was seen to look around him, and before the startled mariners had time to decide on their course, the beast, which was a dromedary trained to speed, was out of sight in the darkness. Homeward Bound or, the Chase The men have finished their meal, and have wrapped up the remainder of the dates, cheese, and bread in their bundles and tied them upon the dromedaries. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People It was distant, the sea, but I felt my own strength, and I had heard of the strength of dromedaries. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East In the month of Radjeb, which is the seventh after the month of the Hadj, a caravan used always to set out from Mekka for Medina, composed of several hundred merchants, mounted upon dromedaries. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred I rode on a dromedary, flump-flumping through the sand," and Catty would follow it up with: "I went away with the Good Templars. Mary Olivier: a Life The graceless rascals ought to be thankful they are not at this very moment trotting through the great desert lashed to dromedaries' tails! Homeward Bound or, the Chase The slaves and the stolen goods are bound fast on dromedaries. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People You ride the dromedary in the same fashion; you are perched rather than seated on a bunch of carpets or quilts upon the summit of the hump. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East Some of the richer families kept mules, and also dromedaries. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred And dost thou know, Roman, how curious the Queen is in horses and dromedaries? Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra Occasionally a single runner went or came alone, on a fleet dromedary, as if communications were held with other bodies which lay deeper in the desert. Homeward Bound or, the Chase Day breaks, the sun rises, and the shadows of the dromedaries point towards Bam over the hard yellow sand where not a shrub grows. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The expected resistance failed, for the halter was hanging upon that side of the dromedary’s neck towards which I was slightly leaning. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East In his stables were from thirty to forty horses of the best Arabian breed; half a dozen mules, upon which he sometimes rode; and as many dromedaries. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred Elephants have been put to their strength, and dromedaries to their speed. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra The object on the plain moved once more, and the clouds opening beyond he plainly made out the head and neck of a dromedary. Homeward Bound or, the Chase On running dromedaries we now ride on eastwards through northern Baluchistan. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Before they had time to get decomposed from their state of petrifaction I had remounted my dromedary, and was darting away towards the east. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East The people of Anatolia keep these male dromedaries as stallions for the purpose of covering the females of the smaller Arabian breed, which the Turkmans, yearly bring to their market. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land The mother of the child cried out, as Hadad insanely hastened on, for her offspring, to whom I answered: 'Trust the young Ishmael to me--fear me not--cleave to the dromedary.' Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra There was a merry dromedary Waltzing on the plain; Dromedary waltzing, dromedary prancing. The Heavenly Twins In the height of the summer the Baluchis wrap strips of felt round their stirrup-irons to protect the dromedaries from burns on the flanks. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People It happened that my dromedary veered rather suddenly from her onward course. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East During the whole of the journey the camels had no other provender than the withered shrubs of the desert, my dromedary excepted, to which I gave a few handfuls of barley every evening. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land Not far from me, my own dromedary stood, partly buried in sand, and vainly endeavoring to extricate himself. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra Then he took leave of him, and he and Merzewan mounted and taking with them the dromedary and camel, rode out into the open country. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III On the return journey northwards the dromedaries are laden with wares from the Sudan, rice, manioc, honey, nuts, monkey breadfruit, dried fish, ivory, ostrich feathers, india-rubber, leather, and many other things. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Of the two dromedaries which I had obtained for this journey, I mounted one myself, and put Dthemetri on the other. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East He utilizes neither the crane, nor the quail, nor the dromedary, nor the lizard. Amiel's Journal The dromedaries were in readiness, and mounting them without delay, we ascended the steep sides of the ravine, and then at a rapid pace sought the open plains. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra How much better than a petrified peacock, or a labelled dromedary! The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories They fly on their swift dromedaries over half the Sahara, and are a terror to their settled neighbours and to caravans. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII But by this time the steam gentleman was getting down to his regular pace, and was striding over the prairie like a dromedary. The Huge Hunter Or, the Steam Man of the Prairies Our beasts were dromedaries; in that lay my hope. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra "What man but an Englishman would ever select such a dromedary?" The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family We have our own dromedaries and our own Arab guide on whom we can rely. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People But he knows that my love for him towers up like a dromedary, and moves off through life as stately as she duz—the dromedary. Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician The oxen would traverse the woods and the thickets; the mules would walk securely among rugged rocks and hilly countries; the dromedaries would cross the sandy deserts. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 My faithful dromedary will be worn out by the long journey: that too must be made good. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra He had not studied Horace Vernet for nothing; he drew a fine picture of Kew rescuing her from the Arabs, with a plenty of sabres, pistols, burnouses, and dromedaries. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family The dromedaries seem uneasy, halt, and turn away from the wind. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The bandits, numbering, they say, from fifty to sixty, mounted on horses and dromedaries, only aspire to plunder some poor devil-shepherd of a few camels, goats, and muttons. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Here, however, they met with accidents: the mules bolted, followed by the Shaykh's dromedary, and they were obliged to hurry off for fear of losing the caravan, now well ahead of them. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Pray seat yourselves; upon this chair thou wilt find a secure seat, though it promises not so much, and here upon my dromedary's furniture is another. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra Accordingly Mephostophiles converted himself into a horse, with two hunches on his back like a dromedary, between which he conveyed Faustus through the air where-ever he desired. Lives of the Necromancers The dromedaries lie down and bury their muzzles in the sand. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People It afterwards struck us that, mounted on our mules, preceded and followed by the Shaykhs riding their dromedaries, we must have looked mighty like a party of prisoners being marched inland. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 After riding their dromedaries some three hours, halts not included, the travellers were asked why they had not brought their tents. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Elephants, camels, and the dromedary, which I had before seen only in the amphitheatres, I here beheld as the native inhabitants of the soil. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra "Sure!" he replied with such offhand promptitude that I was certain the answer would have been the same had I asked him if he was a dromedary. From a Bench in Our Square I was moving over the Desert, not upon the rocking dromedary, but seated in a barque made of mother-of-pearl, and studded with jewels of surpassing lustre. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain I offered a liberal present for specimens; all, however, swore that the distance ranged from two to three hours of dromedary, and that no mounted messenger could catch us unless we halted the next day. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 The praises of the ant, the dog, the bee, and the parrot were sung in turn; but at last the ostrich stood up and declared for the dromedary. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature I was but a day or two since buried alive under the burning sands of the desert, and lost there a dromedary worth--if a farthing--four hundred aurelians, for which thou mayest have him. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries: 11. Short Stories Old and New Most of us remember the little hunchbacked boy in "Little Men" who, when the children played "menagerie," chose the part of the dromedary. The American Child Still again, old Afnán's dromedary had a thorn in the foot—u. s. w. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Whereupon the dromedary stood up and declared for the ostrich. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature I only knew that I had been torn from my dromedary--borne along and buried by the sand--and that the young child was still in my arms. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra Breton stared at the journalist as if he had just announced that he had seen Mr. Septimus Elphick riding down Fleet Street on a dromedary. The Middle Temple Murder Arthur Pym has compared the antarctic turtles to dromedaries, because, like those ruminants, they have a pouch just where the neck begins, which contains from two to three gallons of cold fresh water. An Antarctic Mystery The doughty Rájih ibn Ayid, who, mounted upon a mean dromedary, affected to be chief guide, seemed to treat their pretensions as a serious matter, when we laughed them to scorn. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Isfendiyár then directed a hundred dromedaries to be collected, and when they were brought to him he disposed of them in the following manner. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 Here was a body partly out of the sand, there the head or leg of a dromedary or camel. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra The joyful news was sent to the Fatimite Caliph on swift dromedaries, together with the heads of the slain. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) “The one with a hump like a dromedary?” asked a sailor. An Antarctic Mystery We ran out of El-Wijh at 1.45 p.m., our convoy consisting of fifty-eight camels, forty-four of which were loaded; seven were dromedaries, and an equal number carried water. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 The smala was broken up amid scenes of terrible confusion and despair, including the extraordinary sight of a promiscuous mass of camels, dromedaries, horses, mules, oxen, and sheep careering and plunging on the plain. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 At length I departed for my native land, loaded with wealth, and travelling most comfortably by relays of swift dromedaries. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales "Wit in a woman," exclaims one man, "is a habit of running away in a dromedary." First Footsteps in East Africa He wanted a full outfit for the Hajj; could the contractor furnish him twenty camels of burden, and four swift dromedaries? The Prince of India — Volume 01 He arrived in camp, none the worse for a well-developed "cropper;" his dromedary had put its foot in a hole, and had fallen with a suddenness generally unknown to the cameline race. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 At night I dream of all the animals, one by one—the giraffe, the two dromedaries, the young lion, the alligator, and Alexander. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories Zenobia looked for relief from Persia; but at that moment Sapor died, and the Queen of Palmyra fled upon a dromedary, but was pursued and captured. The Caesars "That isn't the position of even a respectable dromedary, Mr. Holmes," rejoined the cadet corporal crisply. Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point Dealers in horses, donkeys, camels, and dromedaries abounded. The Prince of India — Volume 01 Omar Beg accompanied us out of the village with a troop of cavalry, and started us with forty dromedaries, each carrying two soldiers. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II Whilst they spoke thus, two friars of the order of St. Benedict, mounted on large mules—big enough to be dromedaries—appeared coming along the road. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 Every time he got to the gate the steer yanked him out again by a series of backward springs that would have hauled along a dromedary, and the struggle began all over again. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life The dromedary was chosen as Deaths vehicle by the Arabs, probably because it bears the Bedouins corpse to the distant burial-ground, where he will lie among his kith and kin. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi These tents, connected by ropes, helped perfect an enclosure occupied by horses, donkeys, camels and dromedaries, and their cumbrous equipments. The Prince of India — Volume 01 I was thinking about you yesterday, and wondering whether you were drifting down the Nile in a dahabeeah, or crossing the desert on a dromedary. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel A purple dromedary; a bungler in the art and mystery of thieving. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue This work was done entirely with horses, though I had two camels, or rather dromedaries—a bull and a cow, which had a young calf. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Traversing the country on a fleet dromedary—on which in a single year he is said to have covered 3,840 miles—he scattered justice and freedom among the astonished natives. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan They of whom he spoke came up in irregular array mounted on dromedaries without housing. The Prince of India — Volume 01 The women emulated the men; they either guided their own dromedaries, or, sitting in pillion, they clung to their husbands; veils they disdained, and their countenances certainly belonged not to a “soft sex.” Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 And so we jogged on, now walking, then trotting, till the dromedaries began to grunt with fatigue, and the Arabs clamoured for a halt. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Oh, I am quite indifferent about swallowing a camel or two—or even a whole string of dromedaries. Aaron's Rod To crown their discomforts they were again attached by the Bedouin, whom they dispersed only after a stubborn fight and with the loss of several dromedaries. The Life of Sir Richard Burton With the dromedaries, camels, and horses, the camp was accepted; then, as was the custom, the earnest money was paid. The Prince of India — Volume 01 The scene was, as usual, one of strange contrasts: Badawin bestriding swift dromedaries; Turkish dignitaries on fine horses; the most picturesque beggars, and the most uninteresting Nizam. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 The camel-men lagged behind, in order to prevent my dromedary advancing too fast, and the boy's guide, after dismounting, would stride along in front of us, under pretext of showing the way. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 In the late Miocene some of the ancestral forms migrated to the Old World by way of a land connection where Bering Strait now is, and there gave rise to the camels and dromedaries. The Elements of Geology The average value of a baggage camel among the Soudan Arabs is fifteen dollars, but a good "hygeen," or riding dromedary, is worth from fifty to a hundred and fifty dollars, according to his capabilities. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Mr. Rajoo being still indisposed, and, in his own belief, dying, we mounted him upon a hill horse, where he looked like a fly on a dromedary. Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet Around the moving host of white-robed pilgrims hovered a crowd of Badawin, male and female, all mounted on swift dromedaries, and many of them armed to the teeth. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 When they saw the fair vision dissolve, they began to finesse: they induced the camel-man, who ran by the side of Mohammed's dromedary, to precede the animal-a favourite manoeuvre to prevent overspeed. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 On crossing the holes, up to the knees in mullock, and loaded like a dromedary, "Got your licence?" was again the cheer-up from a third trooper or trap. The Eureka Stockade So he took them and rode forth until he drew near the Palace of Al-Hayfa, when he tethered his dromedary and hid her in a cave whose mouth he walled with stones. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 Then loading his travelling goods upon a dromedary and mounting a second beast he fared forth with the caravan. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 Scarcely had my donkey entered the crowd than he was overthrown by a dromedary, and I found myself under the stamping and roaring beast’s stomach. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 Our party consisted of twelve camels, and we travelled in Indian file, head tied to tail, with but one outrider, Omar Effendi, whose rank required him to mount a dromedary with showy trappings. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Couriers on dromedaries, the only animals used for sending messages over long distances. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] He mounted the she-camel and fared and ceased not faring until he drew near to the Palace of Al-Hayfá, where he dismounted and concealed his dromedary within the same cave. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 These words pleased well the Princess; so the surgeon hired two dromedaries which they mounted and the twain set forth for the city of Harran. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 Respectable men, especially Arabs, were mounted on dromedaries, and the soldiers had horses: a led animal was saddled for every grandee, ready whenever he might wish to leave his litter. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 Still being resolved to push forward by any conveyance that could be procured, I offered ten dollars for a fresh dromedary to take me on to Al- Madinah. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 One day, a dromedary of his strayed from the herd of camels, and he said to me, Go thou forth in quest of her and return not but with her.' The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] Then he beat the kettle-drum and up came the dromedaries, and they mounted and fared on other seven days. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 I dismounted and hobbling my dromedary, and composing my mind, entered into the city. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 The boy Mohammed, mounting a dromedary, set off with the Shaykh and many water-bags, giving me an opportunity of writing out my journal. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 During the greater part of the time we were struggling through a living tide; and among dromedaries and chargers a donkey is by no means a pleasant monture. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Then he rushed upon the she-camels like a he-camel in rut and drove all before him, sheep and cattle, horses and dromedaries. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 Then they beat the magical kettle-drum and up came the dromedaries from all sides. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 And he ceased not to hold her in converse on the highway till they came without the city of Jerusalem and, when outside, he joined his companions and found they had made ready the dromedaries. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 He has always a project of buying a new dromedary, or of investing capital in some marvellous colt; the consequence is, that he is insatiable. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 Perhaps this philological connection may have determined Mohammed to consider the kneeling of the dromedary a sign that Allah had blessed the spot. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Had he believed she was serious, he could have been little more surprised had she charged him not to go about the country on a dromedary. East Lynne Hasan approved her counsel and going forth straightway, sold the house and summoned the dromedaries, which he loaded with all his goods and gear, together with his mother and wife. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 And presently the Chamberlain came by on a dromedary and his footmen about him. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 Late in the afternoon the boy Mohammed started with a dromedary to procure water from the higher part of the Fiumara. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 The reader may believe the assertion that there are few better tests than an eighty-four mile ride in mid-summer, on a bad wooden saddle, borne by a worse dromedary, across the Suez Desert. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Having dismounted with Mohammed, he addressed a few loud words to the dromedary; it turned, and flew homeward across the desert. Mohammed Ali and His House Then he took out the copper kettledrum and beat it with the broidered strap, whereupon up came the dromedaries. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 On the next day my wife's fever was renewed, but she was placed on a dromedary and we reached Cassala about sunset. In the Heart of Africa They have few horses, but many dromedaries, camels, and sheep, and are much feared by the people, on account of their warlike and savage character. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 A fertile source of error to home geographers, computing distances in Arabia, is their neglecting the difference between the slow camel travelling and the fast dromedary riding. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 The soldiers who have surrounded the palace see with wonder the gates open, Bardissi and his followers as they rush forth, the heavily-laden dromedaries, and the carriages filled with women. Mohammed Ali and His House The emperor appeared mounted on a dromedary, royally caparisoned, with all his attendants on foot through respect for his Majesty. The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen "Oh, I'm the dromedary; don't you see the hump on my back?" was the laughing answer. Little Men On one occasion a horseman had the audacity to untie the halter of my dromedary, and thus to cast us adrift, as it were, in order to make room for some excluded friend. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 They said it was bull-beef; others, that it was dromedary beef; but I do not know, for certain, how that was. Moby Dick, or, the whale I took, as you instructed me, master, the dromedary you recently purchased from Sheik Arnhyn. Mohammed Ali and His House The emperor was equally polite, and descending from his dromedary, advanced to meet me. The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen I have met a Snob on a dromedary in the desert, and picnicking under the Pyramid of Cheops. The Book of Snobs My night was spent perched upon the front bar of my Shugduf, encouraging the dromedary; and that we had not one fall excited my extreme astonishment. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 His genius may be compared to that pinion which, though it is too weak to lift the ostrich into the air, enables her, while she remains on the earth, to outrun hound, horse and dromedary. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 She does not see that she is on her own dromedary. Mohammed Ali and His House Indeed, that to which Oliver was conducted was Maqueda's own favourite dromedary, which upon state occasions she sometimes rode instead of a horse. Queen Sheba's Ring They said it was bullbeef; others, that it was dromedary beef; but I do not know, for certain, how that was. Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Having committed his Shugduf to his son, a lad of fourteen, he had ridden forward on a dromedary, and had suddenly fallen ill. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 Let him be bound and placed on a dromedary. The Crimson Fairy Book The dromedary moves on still more rapidly over the desert; its shadow dances beside them on the sand, and behind them the shadow of the Nubian's steed. Mohammed Ali and His House Urge the dromedary's speed; Spur to death the reeling steed; If perchance ye yet may gain The mountains that o'erhang the plain. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 In one particular these extraordinary animals bear a resemblance to the dromedary, or camel of the desert. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 And then that dromedary touch—do you take me for a fool? The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 The unlucky prince was tied hand and foot, and fastened on a dromedary, a guard riding on either side and keeping a sharp look-out on him. The Crimson Fairy Book Honor the hospitality of my house, for my dromedary is my house, and I wish you to be my guest. Mohammed Ali and His House Exactly at noon the dromedary, of its own will, stopped, and uttered the cry or moan, peculiarly piteous, by which its kind always protest against an overload, and sometimes crave attention and rest. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ That team of dropsical dromedaries they call horses is a handicap for a first-class coachman like myself; but I'll take the job back, sure, doc. Strictly business: more stories of the four million We left Berber in the evening at sunset; we were mounted upon donkeys, while our Turkish attendants rode upon excellent dromedaries that belonged to their regiment of irregular cavalry. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs The camels and dromedaries were advancing with water, but no one knew by which way to enter the tower. The History of Caliph Vathek An hour after sunset, this evening, have the dromedary in readiness, and, for yourself, the swiftest horse. Mohammed Ali and His House He was clad in the flowing garments so universal in the East; but their style may not be described more particularly, for he sat under a miniature tent, and rode a great white dromedary. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ “Not for worlds,” said Rollo; “I mean, the word isn’t really camel; we were rotting. p. 88Pretend it’s dromedary!” he whispered to the others. Reginald in Russia and other sketches No animal is more difficult of approach; and, although they are frequently captured by the Arabs, those taken are invariably the foals, which are ridden down by fast dromedaries, while the mothers escape. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs "This dromedary regularly cuts me up," observed Captain Barbassou, quite affected. Tartarin of Tarascon Only look at the shadow the moon throws from the dromedary to the mouth of the sphinx! Mohammed Ali and His House A little later, full into view swung a duplication of his own dromedary, tall and white, and bearing a houdah, the travelling litter of Hindostan. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ He was cheap, very cheap, as the dromedaries go. Saltbush Bill, J. P. In desert travelling each person should have his own private water-skin slung upon his dromedary; for this purpose none are so good as a small-sized gazelle skin that will contain about two gallons. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs Lite looked around and grinned at Pink, as though he too remembered the dromedary loaded with honey and meat. The Heritage of the Sioux I don't believe it.—Onward, my dromedary, speed through the desert! Mohammed Ali and His House For two hours the dromedary swung forward, keeping the trot steadily and the line due east. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ Then he clambered on the camel, and the while the beast was drinking He explained with satisfaction to the miners standing by That 'twas cheap, very cheap, as the dromedaries go. Saltbush Bill, J. P. Under a tree, upon a comfortable bed of dry sand, we wer obliged to lay her for several hours, until the paroxysm passed, and she could remount her dromedary. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs There were some, too, of dromedaries and mules. Salammbo The dromedary stops at the little gate at the end of the park. Mohammed Ali and His House "How is it, then?" said Ben-Hur, who had been listening unmindful of the slow gait of the dromedaries. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ "Gladly, master; she has already told me so herself, and I am ready," said he, commanding the dromedary to kneel down. Mohammed Ali and His House The position of the Cassala mountain agreed with this course; therefore, remounting my dromedary, with the ariel slung behind the saddle, I hastened to rejoin our caravan. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs The same evening he sent the Great Council a dromedary laden with bracelets collected from the dead, and with horrible threats ordered another army to be despatched. Salammbo Achmed hastens back to care for the horse and the dromedary. Mohammed Ali and His House The dromedaries stopped, and Ben-Hur looked down upon some little girls of the Syrian peasant class, who were offering him their baskets filled with dates. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ The dromedary moves on at a uniform speed. Mohammed Ali and His House He lies bound on a cushion, and only feels, by the movement of the animal, and by the shaking and jolting his body undergoes, that he is on the back of a dromedary. Mohammed Ali and His House They had always supplies of javelins and dromedaries some distance off, and they would return more terrible than before, howl like wolves, and take to flight like vultures. Salammbo "Kneel down, my dromedary, kneel down, my Alpha!" and she draws in her reins, repeating the words in imperious tones. Mohammed Ali and His House Thereupon the dromedaries were forgotten, and, quite as unmindful of their riders, they turned off the road to the growing grass. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ From the back of the dromedary, where he lies bound, her prisoner looks down with admiration upon the lovely girlish figure that skips lightly across the sand to the foot of the godlike figure. Mohammed Ali and His House "I will accompany you to the tent," said Bardissi," and give orders to have the dromedary saddled for you while you are strengthening yourself for the ride." Mohammed Ali and His House Then came unclean wagers; they buried their heads in the amphoras and drank on without interruption, like thirsty dromedaries. Salammbo Then she rises and smilingly salutes once more with her little brown hand the Queen of the Desert, and, springing lightly upon the back of her dromedary, grasps the reins. Mohammed Ali and His House "Father is already saddling the dromedary, and you are about to leave us." Mohammed Ali and His House Mohammed Ali also mounts his horse, but, before he turns, glances around, and sees the Bedouin sheik Arnhyn, who is about to mount his dromedary, and calls him to his side. Mohammed Ali and His House "Well, Arnhyn, your dromedary is here, but I miss your daughter in the palanquin!" Mohammed Ali and His House The sick groaned on the backs of dromedaries, while others limped along leaning on broken pikes. Salammbo Butheita patted her dromedary on the neck with her little hand, urging it to greater speed. Mohammed Ali and His House The dromedaries are laden with treasure, with chests of gold and silver coins, with jewelry, Persian carpets, furs, and silken garments. Mohammed Ali and His House Load the dromedaries with the treasure; let the women enter the carriages. Mohammed Ali and His House Achmed leaves him, mounts a swift dromedary, and rides out into the night, and Mohammed retires to rest. Mohammed Ali and His House Spendius had bought a slave with the money brought him by his dromedary. Salammbo Honor the hospitality of my house, for my dromedary is my house, and I wish you to be my guest. Mohammed Ali and His House "Yes, master, the dromedary ran to it of its own accord." Mohammed Ali and His House The Nubian mounts his horse, and the swift dromedary speeds his way through the desert. Mohammed Ali and His House Now the rider draws rein and stops the dromedary; the sublime image of the desert-queen, silvered over with the moonlight, towers before them in majestic proportions. Mohammed Ali and His House Spendius was seen stooping upon his dromedary, and spurring it on the shoulders with two javelins. Salammbo The dromedary will bear you back to your camp by a shorter route across the desert. Mohammed Ali and His House |
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