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feet, his weight at one third more than that of 

 the ox, which, in the Crimea, is estimated at nine 

 hundred pounds, thus making the weight of the 

 camel twelve hundred. The Bactrians kept at 

 the Jardin des Plantes, and described by Cuvier, 

 measured about seven feet five inches to the 

 withers. If this measurement wholly excludes 

 the forward hump, which is sometimes nearly 

 two feet in height, the stature of the animal must 

 be very considerably above the average of that 

 of the Arabian. I was informed at Pisa, that 

 the animals of the Grand Duke's stables some- 

 times came up to fourteen hundred English 

 pounds, but I doubt the accuracy of the infor- 

 mation. 



The swift dromedary varies even more in size 

 than the burden camel. Layard, 1 mentions a 

 deloul from the Nedjd, where very fine animals 

 are raised, which was little taller than an Arab 

 horse, and all the proper Arabian dromedaries I 

 have seen were very small. The hajeen of the 

 Upper Nile, on the contrary, is much taller, fre- 

 quently, I am sure, not below eight feet. Lyon 

 speaks of a Tibboo mahari of seven feet eight 

 inches as small ; 2 and on one occasion a drome- 

 dary of this variety, measuring not less than 



1 New Researches, 332. 



2 Lyon's Travels in Africa, 313. 



