Its name means " town under the trees ", after the Camel Thorn forest it is situated in.

The meaning of the word " Kathu " has anecdotically been attributed to a porridge brewed by the local population from the powder found in the pods of the Camel Thorn trees.

" It Must Be a Camel " features the sound of a hard plastic comb being stroked, sounding almost like a jerky, audio slow-motion bell tree or wind chime ; Zappa also ' plays ' a ratchet wrench as percussion on " Willie the Pimp ".

The Kathu forest is approximately 4000 hectares in size and these Camel thorns trees provide support for large Sociable Weaver ’ s nests and are used by many other bird and animal species.

A heritage railway, the Bodmin and Wenford Railway, runs from Bodmin Parkway station via Bodmin General railway station to Boscarne Junction where there is access to the Camel Trail.

Camel wool is spun and woven into beautiful woolen blankets known as falsies and into stylish and durable rugs.

This theory, which was repeated by later antiquaries, is bolstered, or may have derived from, Cadbury's proximity to the River Cam and towns Queen Camel and West Camel, and remained popular enough to help inspire a large-scale archaeological dig in the 20th century.

He is the co-author of Programming Perl ( often referred to as the Camel Book and published by O ' Reilly ), which is the definitive resource for Perl programmers ; and edited the Perl Cookbook.

The town is situated on the west bank of the River Camel estuary approximately five miles northwest of Wadebridge, ten miles northwest of Bodmin and ten miles northeast of Newquay.

The approach from the sea into the River Camel is partially blocked by the Doom Bar, a bank of sand extending across the estuary which is a significant hazard to shipping and the cause of many shipwrecks.

* The Camel cigarette brand is introduced by R. J. Reynolds in the United States, the first packaged cigarette.

The series was never picked up, although the pilot is currently in the public domain and is available on home video, as is an early television appearance from around the same time on a vaudeville-style comedy series, Camel Comedy Caravan, originally broadcast live on CBS-TV on March 11, 1950, and starring Ed Wynn.

U. S. Camel Corps headquartered at Verde is the brainchild of United States Secretary of War ( 1853 – 57 ) Jefferson Davis.

A band named Raha in Iran is doing covers of Camel songs.

In Egypt, Andromida is also doing covers of Camel amongst their set.

In 2010, a Norwegian progressive band who has taken the name Mirage after the title of Camel's second album, is including Camel songs amongst a set of Yes, Jethro Tull, and King Crimson pieces.

Hadji Ali grave in Quartzsite, Arizona. Quartzsite is the burial place of Hi Jolly ( Hadji Ali ), an Ottoman citizen of Greek-Syrian parentage, who took part in the experimental US Camel Corps as a camel driver.

Camel Rock is a locally-famous and distinctive rock formation and landmark, located along U. S. Routes 84 / 285 across from the Camel Rock Casino, which is also owned by Tesuque Pueblo.

Camel racing is a popular sport in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Australia, and Mongolia.

The current North Wales Camel racing champion is Frederick Maier.

A major camel race in Australia is the Camel Cup held at Alice Springs.

* Camel kicks: ( done with the partners positioned side-by-side ) the same movement as the basic but where the non-planted foot kicks on each slow, and where the quick-quicks are done with one foot behind the other ( in tandem ).

In Churchyards Challenge ( 1593 ) the author refers to his Edwardian broadside ballad, Davie Dicars dreame ( c. 1551-1552 ), which he says was written against by one Thomas Camel whom Churchyard then " openly confuted.

In 1967 he starred as a guest in one of the British Carry On films, Follow That Camel, a Foreign Legion parody in which he played a variation of the Sergeant Bilko character, Sergeant Nocker.

As of June 2012, Camel filters have been discontinued in the United Kingdom, with the exception of one store on Sidney Street in Cambridge due to continual record high sales since 2008.

R. J. Reynolds plans to sell Camel packs showing one of ten cities to be visited by the Camel mascot.

The name Camel derives from the Cornish language for ' the crooked one ', a reference to its winding course.

Although very few British animals rely largely on rivers for their habitat, one of the few that do, the otter, can be found on the Camel.

The Camel estuary was one of the first places in England to be colonised by Little Egrets, the birds being particularly seen on mudflats at low tide.

Being one of the few safe havens on the north coast of Cornwall, the Camel Estuary has been used since Roman times, and most likely earlier.

The name Camel is derived from Middle Cornish " Cam-El ", " Crooked one ", and seems originally to have referred only to the upper parts.

All borders removed-screen shot of one of the main effects in the " Bobby Border " part of " Camel Park ".

Kress von Kressenstein's Fourth Army was made up of the 3rd ( Anatolian ) Infantry Division's three regiments, the 31st, 32nd and 39th Infantry Regiments, totalling 16, 000 men, of whom 11, 000 to 11, 873 were combatants, Arab ancillary forces ; and one regiment of the Camel Corps.

He also ordered the concentration of a small mobile column made up of the 11th Light Horse, the City of London Yeomanry ( less one squadron each ) with the 4th, 6th and 9th Companies of the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade in No. 2 Sector.

Shah described many of the folktales widely dispersed across the world as teaching stories, writing in the introduction to one such tale, The Lost Camel, collected in his World Tales:

The town hosts the Boulia Desert Sands Camel Races, one of the more important events on the Australian camel racing circuit.

These are, in order from strongest to weakest: one elephant ( Elephant ), one camel ( Camel ), two horses ( Horse ), two dogs ( Dog ), two cats ( Cat ), and eight rabbits ( Rabbit ).

At 11: 00 the position of the attacking force was the Canterbury and Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiments, two squadrons of 1st Light Horse Regiment, one squadron of 2nd light Horse Regiment, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 10th Light Horse Regiment ( 3rd Light Horse Brigade ), 1st ( Australian ) Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade, Warwickshire Yeomanry and Gloucestershire Hussars with the Inverness Battery covering the New Zealanders, the Leicester and Somerset Batteries the Australians, the Hong Kong Battery covering the Battalion of Camel Corps Brigade while the HAC battery shelled " C " group of redoubts from a distance of.

Desert Column was supported by Eastern Force's Imperial Camel Corps Brigade, the 54th ( East Anglian ) Division, less one brigade back on the Suez Canal Defences, No. 7 Light Car Patrol and 5th Wing Royal Flying Corps.

It was also during this period ( 3 September ) that Bickerton became one of the first men to use the Sopwith Camel as a night-fighter.

The initial settlement of Wade ( the name of Wadebridge before the bridge was built ) came about due to a ford in the River Camel ( Camel probably meaning " crooked one ").