BACTRIAN CAMEL,—Camélus Buctridnus. 
which is carried in leathern bags on the Camel's back, and which is not only heated by 
the rays of the fierce sun, but is strongly impregnated with a leathery flavour, and smells 
as if it were taken out of a tan-pit. The water which is taken from the Camel’s stomach 
is even cooler than that which has been carried on its back, as the natural heat of the 
animal is not comparable to that which is produced by the continual rays of the burning 
desert sun. 
The height of an ordinary Camel at the shoulder is about six or seven feet, and its 
colour is a light brown, of various depths in different individuals, some specimens being 
nearly black, and others almost white. The dromedary is the lighter breed of Camel and 
is chiefly used for riding, while the ordinary Camel is employed as a beast of burden. 
Between the two animals there is about the same difference as between a dray-horse and 
a hunter, the Heirie being analogous to the race horse. 
The BACTRIAN CAMEL is readily to be distinguished from the ordinary Camel by the 
double hump which it bears on its back, and which is precisely analogous in its structure 
and office to that of the Arabian Camel. 
The general formation of this animal ; its lofty neck, raising its head high above the 
solar radiations from the heated ground ; its valve-like nostrils, that close involuntarily if 
a grain of drifting sand should invade their precincts ; its wide cushion-like feet, and its 
powers of abstinence, prove that, lke its Arabian relative, it is intended for the purpose 
of traversing vast deserts without needing refreshment on the way. This species is spread 
through central Asia, Thibet, and China, and is domesticated through a large portion of 
