Identifier: acrosscovetedlan02land (find matches)
Title: Across coveted lands : or, A journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, overland
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Landor, Arnold Henry Savage, 1865-1924
Subjects: Asia, Central -- Description and travel Iran -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's sons

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A whole day was spent in preparing for the journey, and when November 4th came, shortly before midnight my provisions were packed upon my camels, with an extra load of fowls and one of fruit, while on the hump of the last camel of my caravan were perched, in a wooden box made comfortable with straw and cotton-wool, two pretty Persian kittens, aged respectively three weeks and four weeks, which I had purchased in Kerman, and which, as we shall see, lived through a great many adventures and sufferings, and actually reached London safe and sound, proving themselves to be the most wonderful and agreeable little travelling companions imaginable. One was christened "Kerman," the other "Zeris."

If fed entirely on plenty of raw meat and water they are extremely gentle and affectionate and never wish to leave you; the reason that many Persian cats-who still possess some of the qualities of wild animals-grow savage and leave their homes, being principally because of the lack of raw meat which causes them to go ahunting to procure it for themselves. The cat, it should be remembered, is a carnivorous animal, and is not particularly happy when fed on a vegetable diet, no more than we beef-eating people are when invited to a vegetarian dinner.

Owing all the men got attacks of indigestion, and so did my poor little kto the abundant dinner we got here, with lavish supplies of meat, fruit-most delicious figs, pomegranates and water melons-of which we partook more copiously than wisely, ittens, who had stuffed themselves to their hearts' content with milk and the insides of chickens; so that when night came, everybody being ill, we were unable to make a start.

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