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draught, it would be more advisable to procure 

 them from the Calmucks, in the neighborhood of 

 the Caspian, where they are used for burden and 

 for the saddle, and, according to Bergmann, pos- 

 sess great speed, and they could be shipped at 

 some of the ports of the sea of Azow, or they 

 might perhaps, with even greater convenience, 

 be bought at Petropawlowsk, on the Pacific, at 

 the season of the visit of the caravans, and landed 

 in California. 



The best and fleetest dromedaries are those of 

 Nubia, and of Yemen in Arabia, but the latter 

 are greatly inferior in both size and strength to 

 those of Nubia, as well as to the mahari of the 

 Sahara. That either of these breeds would 

 thrive in any part of our territory is hardly prob- 

 able, and there does not seem to exist any pres- 

 ent strong motive for attempting on a large scale 

 their naturalization in the United States. 



In the introduction of the animal, advantage 

 will no doubt be taken of the experience acquired 

 by the French in Algeria, and it may be reason- 

 ably hoped that European and American intel- 

 ligence will more fully develop the powers of the 

 camel, and thus add a new and important re- 

 source to the means and agencies of Christian 

 civilization. 



" If," says General Marey Monge, " cavalry 

 had been unknown in France, and we, seeing 

 the great advantages derived from it by the 



