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of Algeria, to the city of Algiers, in a carriage drawn by clromedarice. Thongli 

 these animals had a few days before made a journey from Medeah to Boghar, a dis- 

 tance of one hundred and eighty miles, in twenty-four hours, the General drove them 

 at the rate of ten miles the hour. 



Hue remarks : " Those that are employed to carry dispatches, arc made to travel 

 eighty leagues in a day ; but they only carry a rider." 



The same author observes : " When their fur is long, camels can endure the 

 most severe frosts. Naturalists have stated that camels could not live in cold cli- 

 mates ; they probably had reference to those of Arabia." 



In Turkey in Europe, where the winters are very severe, cam>ds are in common 

 use at all seasons. They arc also used in winter as well as summer, on the elevated 

 steppes of Tartary, as far north as 50 degrees. 



