CHAPTER IV. 



GENERAL ANATOMY — THE HUMP — THE HEAD, AND THE 

 CALLOSITIES. 



The general anatomy of the camel is the 

 same as that of other ruminants ; but the hump, 

 the horizontal posture of the head, the direction 

 of the eye, the power of closing the nostril, the 

 callosities upon the breast and legs, the spread- 

 ing and cushioned feet, and above all the curi- 

 ous structure of the stomach, to which he owes 

 his most valuable property, the power of long 

 abstinence from water, distinguish him from all 

 other quadrupeds. 



The following account of his general anatom- 

 ical structure is abridged from the English Cy- 

 clopaedia, Natural History, vol. i. 



" The camels have thirty-four teeth ; sixteen 

 in the upper jaw ; namely, two incisors — for the 

 camels and the llamas have these, and form the 

 exceptions, the other ruminants being without 

 any incisors in the upper jaw — two canines, 

 twelve molars ; eighteen in the lower jaw, name- 

 ly, six incisors, two canines, and ten molars. 



