Fig. 307.—Fold together at back in this way.
Fig. 308.—Arab on the camel.
Fig. 309.—Fasten a harness on the camel’s head.
Cut out the Arab ([Fig. 306]), being sure to make the short slit in the back of the drapery so that the man will sit well on the saddle. Along the dotted lines place a strip of paste and fold the figure at the back, pasting the two sides together at the centre ([Fig. 307]). When dry mark as in [Fig. 308] and mount him on the animal. As a harness tie a string on the camel’s head, ornament it with tiny tassels ([Fig. 309]) and give the end of the string to the Arab, threading the string through the hole in his right hand ([Fig. 308]).
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