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Quadrupeds. 



THE BACTKIAN CAMEL. (Camelus Badrianus.) 



" In silent horror, o'er the boundless wasle, 

 The driver Hassan with his Camels passed : 

 One cruse of water on his back lie bore, 

 And his light scrip contained a scanty store : 

 A fan of painted feathers in his hand, 

 To guard his shaded face from scorching sand ; 

 The sultry sun had gained the middle sky, 

 And not a tree, and not a herb was nigh : 

 The beasts with pain their dusty way pursue, 

 Shrill roar'd the winds, and dreary was the view !" 



COLLINS. 



THE BACTRIAN CAMEL is a native of the deserts of Asia, 

 and is generally of a brown or ash colour. His height 

 is about six feet. He is one of the most useful quadru- 

 peds in oriental countries; his docility and strength, his 

 endurance of hunger and thirst, and his swiftness, make 

 him a most valuable acquisition to the inhabitants of those 

 pesert places. The principal characteristics of the Camel 



