the american camel-rider

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• travels_withCompanions

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  The American traveler journeys with a group of companions, sharing the experiences of their travel.

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  our American and his companions, for they all had

• suffered_discomfort_fromSaddle

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  The American experienced significant discomfort due to the poor quality of the saddles provided for riding.

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  they all had the same bad saddles and dreadful saddlebags

• attempted_riding_onCamel

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  In an effort to find relief from discomfort, the American tried riding on the necks of the camels.

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  tried riding on the camels’ necks. The camels did not mind a particle

• reported_onCamel Gait

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  The American traveler provided information regarding the typical movement patterns and speeds of camels.

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  This same unlucky camel-rider told me that a camel’s ordinary gait was three miles an hour, which is its natural walk

• disbelieved_claim_ofsixty miles an hour

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  The American did not believe the Arab's claim that a camel could travel at sixty miles per hour.

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  This he did not believe, but he did believe it could go a great many miles an hour

• believed_in_potential_speed_ofgreat many miles an hour

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  Despite his disbelief in the sixty mph claim, the American did believe that a camel could achieve a very high speed.

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  but he did believe it could go a great many miles an hour, because, when running, its stride is enormous

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  2026-03-01T21:10:25.795Z

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