CLASS MAMMALIA. 



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FlG 



question whether such may not be runaways from a 



state of domestication. 



Importations of Drome- 

 daries into the South-west- 

 ern States, a quarter of a 

 century ago, and subse- 

 quent neglect of them, has 

 resulted in their reverting 

 to a feral state, and be- 

 coming numerous in ' cer- 

 tain localities. 



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A Caravan. Camels beiug loaded. 



The Arabs have cultivated different breeds of Drome- 

 daries as they have horses, and with reference to the 

 same characteristics, speed and burden-bearing. 



