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they covered with hairy fkins they muft perifli 

 with heat. 



On the contrary the place of rhen deer is 

 fixed in the coldeft part of Lapland, becaufe 

 their chief food is the liverwort ^ Fl. 980. which 

 grows no where fo abundantly as there -, and 

 where, as the cold is moft intenfe, the rhen deer 

 are cloathed, like the other northern animals, 

 with fkins filled with the denfeft hair 5 by the 

 help of which they eafily defy the keennefs of 

 the winter. In like manner the rough-legged 

 partridge palTes its life in the very Lapland 

 alps, feeding upon the feeds of the dwarf 

 birch ^ and that they may run up and down 

 fafely amidft the fnow, their feet are feathered. 



The camel frequents the fandy, and burning 

 defarts, in order to get the barren camel's hay. 

 Mat. Med. 31. How wifely has the Creator 

 contrived for him! he is obliged to go thro' the 

 defarts, where oftentimes no water is found for 

 many miles about. All other animals would perifli 

 with thirft in fuch a journey ; but the camel 

 can undergo it without fuffering ♦, for his belly 

 is full of cells, where he referves water for 

 many days. It is reported by travellers, that 

 the Arabians^ when in travelling they want 

 water, are forced to kill their camels -, and take 



H water 



