breeding-herd

Updated: June 7, 2025

Their black tent-villages are tucked away against the feet of the surrounding hills. The broad plain itself is without sign of human dwelling, except that near each focus of the ellipse there is a pile of shattered ruins with a crumbling, solitary tower, where a shepherd sits piping to his lop-eared flock. In one place we pass through a breeding-herd of camels, browsing on the short grass.

Henry Van Dyke - Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land: Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit