The Camel Fair is held next to the temple of Savitri in Pushkar, Rajasthan. Once a year over 80,000 camels, cows, sheep, goats, and horses, some 200,000 merchants, farmers, bandits, thieves, and a variety of human existence gather to find enlightenment and/or commerce. This is where Mary and John Newby from Arkaroola (N.S.Wales) went every year in the Twenties to select camel breeding stock for the Australian outback. Bringing along a stock of fine wines like Château Soutard and bottles of Vieille Reserve Armagnac 1883 to survive hardship, they strapped campaign boxes onto their Bentleys and headed to the desert for a week or so to live in tents.

A chest to keep a sailor’s tools and treasures, all his belongings. Serving him as a seat during breaks. With the passing of the Age of Sail came an end to an ancient custom. If not for the interest of today’s yachtsmen in this icon of the oceans, they would now seem quaint and strange. Their slanted dovetailed sides are typical, as well as two carry-handles (beckets in sailor-speak) which represent the ultimate in the craft of creating knots. Use it as a coffee table or as a multipurpose storage bench. sturdy construction, built for a lifetime of use. stores blankets, pillows, books. intricate, knotted, side carry handles in the best of the sailor’s tradition. deep ruby red inside.

A chest to keep a sailor’s tools and treasures, all his belongings. Serving him as a seat during breaks. With the passing of the Age of Sail came an end to an ancient custom. If not for the interest of today’s yachtsmen in this icon of the oceans, they would now seem quaint and strange. Their slanted dovetailed sides are typical, as well as two carry-handles (beckets in sailor-speak) which represent the ultimate in the craft of creating knots. Use it as a coffee table or as a multipurpose storage bench. sturdy construction, built for a lifetime of use. stores blankets, pillows, books. intricate, knotted, side carry handles in the best of the sailor’s tradition. deep ruby red inside.