It was the moulting season and patches of their greyish red clan showed through the scattered tuffs of limp, dangling long fur ready to drop from their sides at any moment. They were like huge beggars of the animal kingdom.

• 正是牲口脱毛的时候，骆驼身上已经都露出那灰红的皮，只有东一缕西一块的挂着些零散的，没力量的，随时可以脱掉的长毛，像些兽中的庞大的乞丐。