 | 1834 - 394 sider
...renew their flocks. Among the Bedouins, female camels are always more esteemed and dearer than the males. In Syria and Egypt, on the contrary, where...common load of an Arabian camel is from four to five hundred pounds upon a short journey, and from three to four hundred pounds on a journey of considerable... | |
 | 1834 - 810 sider
...renew their flocks. Among the Bedouins, female camels are always more esteemed and dearer than the males. In Syria and Egypt, on the contrary, where...common load of an Arabian camel is from four to five hundred pounds upon a short journey, and from three to four hundred pounds on a journey of considerable... | |
 | 1834 - 808 sider
...renew their flocks. Among the Bedouins, female camels are always more esteemed and dearer limn the males. In Syria and Egypt, on the contrary, where...towns and villages of Nedjd ride only shecamels on iheir journies, because these support thirst better than the males; but the Bedouins generally prefer... | |
 | George Robinson - 1837 - 486 sider
...a hundred persons mounted on horses or mules, with twenty or thirty camels laden with merchandize. The common load of an Arabian camel is from four to five hundred pounds upon a short journey, and from three to four hundred pounds on a journey of considerable... | |
 | William Fleming - 1838 - 646 sider
...on account of their strength in bearing heavy loads, but the Bedouins generally prefer male camels for riding. The common load of an Arabian camel is from four to five hundred pounds upon a short jouruey, and a hundred less if the distance is considerable. Their loads... | |
 | 1842 - 488 sider
...a hundred persons mounted on horses or mules, with twenty or thirty camels laden with merchandize. The common load of an Arabian camel, is from four to five hundred pounds, on a short journey; and from three to four hundred pounds, on a journey of considerable... | |
 | John Kitto - 1855 - 734 sider
...to be substantially correct, being corroborated by our own information, so far as it extends : — ' The common load of an Arabian camel is from four to five hundred pounds upon a short journey, and from three to four hundred pounds on a journey of considerable... | |
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... dreaded in various quarters of the desert), than any others; and on that account principally they are preferred by the Bedouins, who from the most distant parts of Arabia repair to Nedjd that they may renew their flocks. Among the Bedouins, female... 