Item 01: Oliver Hogue letters, November 1914-29 December 1915 - Page 10
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most noticeable of all are the Camels millions of 'em. As a rule they are not so hefty looking as the one on Francies post card, nor so sleek as the one on Mabel's. They are more like the camels on Viva's card. Mostly they seem poor miserable skinny wretches though here & there a wealthy Arab would boast a fine riding camel. When the caravans come to town from the interior it is a curious sight. There are long strings of them, each beast being tethered by a string through the nose to the tail of the preceeding camel. The caravan on Kathie's card is too sedate. It is a set picture not the real arrival which is all excitement. As for the Arabs themselves they are mostly skinny & undersized. I was not in the mosque so Pater your card may or may not be true. You just pays your money & takes your choice. Neither did I see the dancing girls so Elsie's post card may be the real thing or it may not. In the heart of the Arab city all the pretty Arab girls covered up all their faces except the eyes, while the old hags unblushingly went without any