Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1904 — The Sturdy Camel. [ARTICLE]

The Sturdy Camel.

A camel has twice the carrying power of an ox. With an ordinary load of 400 pounds he can travel twelve or fourteen days without water, going forty miles a day. Camels are fit to work at five years old, but their strength begins to decline at twenty-five, although they, usually live to forty. The Tartars have herds of these animals, often 14X10, belonging to one family. They were numerous in antiquity, for the patriarch Job had 3,000. The Timbuktu or Meharrl breed Is remarkable for speed and used only for couriers, going 800 mile* in eight days with a meal of dates or grain at nightfall.