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THE CAMEL HUNT; NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL ADVENTURE.
BYJOSEPH W. FABENS.
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1851.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. THURSTON, TORRY, AND EMERSON, PRINTERS.
PREFACE.
IT has long been a well understood trick of authorship, to introduce a Preface, immediately in the wake of a title-page,—either, as it would appear in very many cases, for the purpose of mystifying the reader with regard to the ensuing work, or of tickling his vanity by insincere apologies, or flattering his supposed common sense by explaining away any thing unusual or extraordinary which may happen to have been inwoven with the performance to which his attention is asked.
I am not aware that I have any special explanations to make, or apologies to offer. I am not even sure that my preface will be esteemed of equal importance with the fifth leg of the horse painted by Dick Tinto on the village sign at Langdirdom, which, appearing where the tail would otherwise have been (for which useful appendage Dick always affirmed that it was intended), and extending stiffly to the ground, formed a sort of point d'appui, and page: iv-v[View Page iv-v] effectually prevented the noble animal, who was represented in a rearing posture, from falling backward to the earth. But I have reasonable grounds for hoping that it may at least serve the ornamental purpose of the fourth leg of a certain other horse, likewise immortalized by the great Sir Walter,—an eccentric quadruped, that used three legs for the purpose of locomotion, and flourished the fourth in the air by way of an accompaniment.
In the matter of explanations I have only to say, that the principal part of the ensuing work has existed in manuscript for nearly a year,—an item of information which may not possess great interest for the reader, any more than if I should add, what is usually stated at the outset, that it is "founded on fact." As for apologies, having duly considered my line of conduct before entering upon it, I can think of none of any kind whatever to make. If the reader should find any where scenes or descriptions savoring more of the sketchy or romantic than is deemed consistent with a plain matter-of-fact narrative, I can claim, in reply, the privilege invariably accorded to gossips, of being allowed to tell my story in my own way.
The preparation of this work, both originally and for the press, has been a source of great pleasure to me. It has cheered me during hours, at sea and abroad, which would otherwise have been wearisome enough; it has alleviated the sufferings of many a day, during a long and lingering fit of sickness; and if I derive no further profit from it, I am content. But if it should serve to interest or amuse the reader, in moments of relaxation from graver pursuits, or if—which is the dearest hope of my heart—it should cause one livelier throb in the great pulse of enterprise which is beating throughout our country, then shall I be twice repaid.
J. W. F.
SALEM, MASS., JULY, 1851.CONTENTS.
- I. CALIFORNIA. 1
- II. "OUR NOBLE SELVES." 5
- III. OFF. 16
- IV. EVENING ON DECK. 21
- V. A STORM. 28
- VI. FOREBODINGS. 38
- VII. DEATH. 48
- VIII. MOGADORE. 57
- IX. ALMOST A ROW. 64
- X. A JOURNEY ON CAMELS. 76
- XI. WED-NOON. 90
- XII. GLORIOUS DICK VINAL. 107
- XIII. THE SEASIDE. 125
- XIV. ISLE OF SAL. 136
- XV. BARON MARTINEZ. 144
- XVI. THE BALL. 157
- XVII. A RAIN SQUALL. 173
- XVIII. RETURN TO MOGADORE. 183
- XIX. OFF AGAIN. 190
- XX. CHAGRES. 196
- XXI. LANDING OF THE CAMELS. 213
