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SUE-KINGDOM VERTEBBATA. 

 . 71. Mg. 



Foot of a Camel. 



Water-cells of CameTs Stymach. 



The Family is tabulated as follows : 



CAMELIDXE. - 



The Dromedary is peculiarly adapted to sterile regions. 

 Its long neck, incisors and canines in both jaws, prehensile, 



cleft upper lip, and 

 narrow cheek-bones, 

 enable it to crop its 

 food of thorny 

 bushes by the way- 

 side without retard- 

 ing its speed; its 

 hairy nostrils, which 

 close intuitively, 

 ?, protect it from in- 

 haling the particles 

 driven by the si- 



Camelusdromedanus, Dromedary, 



moO m ; its broad, 



cushioned foot prevents its sinking in the sand; its many- 



