CAMELS PASSING THROUGH THE CITY GATES, INDIA.

The following images are from the book "King's Empire" published in 2 volumes the early 1900s. The photographs were taken at the height of the British Empire. The books are available in higher resolution for download as PDF ebooks at www.ozebook.com

CAMELS PASSING THROUGH THE CITY GATES, INDIA. The Eastern legend declares that after the Creator had fashioned and perfected all animals, He gathered together the fragments He had discarded in the course of His work, and out of them fashioned that strange, ungainly beast, the camel. But, uncertain in temper, unamiable in character, uncouth in appearance, the camel with all his faults is invaluable to man. Here, passing out of the dark shadow of the city gates into
the hot sunlight, are to be seen three loaded camels, with their Afghan drivers. In the background, against the high loopholed wall, a strange contrast to the wild-looking natives, stands a British sentry, " the man in the red coat." A more picturesque, and at the same time more characteristic, representation of an Indian scene could hardly be found. (Page 15.)