27 APRIL 1878, Page 13

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:"] SIR,—I think you will

like to know that your correspondent is correct as to camels ploughing. On our way to the Pyramids, in the month of March, 1874, we saw a camel and cow, harnessed together, ploughing. So strange a sight attracted us, and we stopped our carriage, and watched for some time these incongruous animals at work. Our attention was diverted by a " wild man of the desert," as such riders call themselves, hurrying past on a