Both were mounted upon camels. One, perched upon his high and narrow saddle, with his feet upon the animal’s neck, after the usual manner of “camelestrians.”1849, William Starbuck Mayo, chapter 34, in Kaloolah, New York: Putnam, pages 309–310:
1856, Emmeline Stuart-Wortley, The Sweet South, London: Printed for Private Circulation: Volume 2, Chapter 14, p. 173, We met several camelestrians on our road, and horsemen and assmen; and the scenery in many parts was very pretty.
camelestrian
adj
Etymology Blend of camel + equestrian.
1
Of camel riding or camel riders.
In Khedive Avenue [Khartoum] […] is a statue by E. Onslow Ford, of General Gordon on an Indian camel. So far as I know this is the world’s only camelestrian statue.1923, Frank George Carpenter, Cairo to Kisumu, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, page 171: