there is sufficient for a good drink for each of his family, he takes a small bowl, and after cleansing it with sand, he distributes the milk, by giving to each an equal share; and if any remains, it is deposited in a skin, and reserved for a drink the day ensuing.

The camels are driven home each night, and being compelled to lie down before the tent of their owner, are there confined by a rope or becket attached to a hind and fore leg--they are confined in this manner until about midnight, when they have had time to cool and the milk to collect in their bags, they are milked, and again confined in the same manner until day-light, when they are again milked and liberated. While the males are employed in milking the camels in the morning, the females are engaged in striking and folding up the tents, and packing the whole in bundles of a proper size to convey on the backs of their camels--every preparation being made for a remove, the old men and women and the young children that cannot walk, are placed on the backs of the tamest camels in a leather or skin basket--of these camels the women have the charge, while the others are driven off by the slaves or by the male Arabs--the old man or head of the family generally precedes the women after having informed them the course they are to steer. With a spear in his hand he sets off, on his camel at a full trot, and travels until he finds a suitable place at which to pitch their tents, and there awaits the arrival of the rest of his family--the camels are here un-