Nineveh and Babylon; a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, and 1851 (1867)
Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894 · London J. Murray · leaf 186
in labour, which often takes placeduring a march, or when they are far from the encampmentwatering the flocks or collecting fuel. They allow their chil-dren to remain at the breast until they are nearly two andeven three years old, and, consequently, have rarely manyoffspring. Soon after our… … Saddling a Deloul, or Dromedary. taken by him from the Aneyza; she was well trained, andswift and easy in her paces. The best delouls come fromNedjd and the Gebel Shammar. They are small and lightlymade, the difference between them and a common camel IJ4 .\L\i:rj:// ./.w /•.//;)■/(.\. jcii.\i>.…
