…the confusion of camel loading…caracolling in every direction, except where wanted.
-The Great Sahara, H.B. Tristram, 1860
On our early mornings of the Darb, loading our camels was a placid affair. A bit of growling and shifting their couched legs, a tight cinching of rope girths, and then words of encouragement to take to their feet. Ht! Eg! Hy! And off we went for another eighteen hour day.