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forward one is perhaps a little the largest, are erect, 

 and about a foot and a half in height. When he is 

 thin, they become flaccid, and even hang down upon 

 his sides. 



He is never housed or otherwise sheltered, summer 

 or winter. 



He does not suffer more than other domestic animals 

 from insects. 



The only disease to which the Bactrian is known to 

 be subject is a blistered tongue, which hinders him from 

 eating, and he pines away. It is ascribed to bad fodder 

 and lying on damp and dirty ground. The only 

 remedy is cauterizing the blisters with a red-hot iron. 



Horses, cattle, and sheep, though at first much afraid 

 of the camel, soon become accustomed to him. 



The average price of a pair of Bactrians is 175 

 silver rubles, but particularly fine animals sometimes 

 sell as high as 300 silver rubles the pair. 



The Bactrian is bred chiefly in the southernmost 

 provinces of Russia. He does not multiply readily, 

 more northwardly, although extensively used there. 



Upon the whole, the use of the camel is rather 

 declining in all the provinces most advanced in civiliza- 

 tion. 



