

CAMi:iL. — famulus Aiafjk 



us. 



From the earliest times thnt are reeonlcd in historv, the Camki. is mentioiiccl 

 as one of tlie animals uhich are totally subject to the sway of man, and wlueh 

 in eastern countries contribute so much to the wealth and mtluencc of then- 

 owners. , 1 ii 



Tliere are two species of Camel acknowlcd^u^cd by zoologists, namely, the 

 ronimon Camel of Arabia, which lias but one hump, and the Meeheri, or l^aetrian 

 Camel Avhich possesses two of these curious appendages. Ot these two annuals, 

 the former is by far the more valuable, as it is superior to its two-humped relative 

 in almost every respect. Admirably fitted, as arc all annuals, for the task wlncli 

 they are intended to perform, the Camel presents such wonderful adaptations ot 

 form to duty, that the most superlicial observer cannot but be struck witli the 

 exfuiisite manner in which the creature has been endowed with the various 

 (pialities of mind and body which are needful under tlie peculiar circumstances 



amid which it dwells, , , • i ♦ 



As the animal is intended to traverse the parched sand ulams. and to pass 



