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this species may be rode one hundred miles in that time. It has two 

 lar^'e protuberances on its back. 



1 he Dromedary is smaller, has but one, and carries about six 

 hundred weight 



The Lama is much smaller than either of these, and carries a 

 burden proportionately less. 



The species first mentioned is considered the most serviceable. 

 For the most prominent uses, for which the two former are filed by 

 Nature, viz. for carrying burdens, and for expeditious traveling, they 

 are by far the most valuable animals on earth. Without them, mucti 

 of Asia and Africa could scarcely be inhabited by Man. They are 

 extremely docile, lying or stooping down to receive, or to be reliev- 

 ed from, their load; they want neither whip nor spur to urge them 

 forward; and even when tired, music, or a song, will give them fresh 

 animation; their feet are adapted either for soft sandy or rough rocky 

 ways. They endure hunger and thirst to a surprising degree, and 

 can subsist at all tunes on the coarsest fare. Their flesh is well tasted 

 and nourishing; the females of ea-.h sort afford considerable supplies 

 of milk. Their hair is very valuable for manufacturing into cloths; 

 and tlie oil afforded from the bunches on their backs is highly 

 esteemed for several medical uses. 



The Camel is a native of the torrid zone; but as they are now used 

 by the Tartars, who inhabit the Country round lake Baikal, which is 

 several hundred miles north of China, it would seem that they may 

 become habituated to almost any climate. 



As twelve of the Bactnan Camels would be sufficient for trans- 

 porting six tons, and as these twelve could all be attended by one 

 Driver; as they may be kept at less than half the expense requisite 

 for keeping the number of Horses necessary for transporting the 

 same weight; and as the transportation on Camels requires no essen- 

 tial expense in the construction or repair of roads, and none what- 

 ever for carriages; it would seem, from all these considerations, that 

 land-carriage might be performed, by the use of these animals, for 

 about one-fourth of the expense that is usually incured : And, if so, 

 it only remains to be asked, Why has the use of Camels, fur this 

 purpose, been so long neglected, both in Europe and in this Coun- 

 try ? Even if only one-half of the expense of land-transportation 

 could thus be saved, it would prove a great source of wealth to the 

 farming interest of this Country, where many articles of produce will 

 not bear the expense of carriage to market. 



CAPER (Cajifiris.} There are seven species of this plant; but 

 the common caper (Sfiinosa) is mostly cultivated in the more 

 southerly parts of Europe. It is propagated from the seeds, and the 

 buds are pickled with vinegar, &.c. They excite the appetite, assist 

 digestion, and are useful as detergents and aperients, in obstructions 

 of the liver. 



Mr. Jefftrsori) in a letter to the Committee of Correspondence of 

 the Agricultural Society of South-carolinu, dated Paris, July, 1787, 

 recommends the introduction of the caper into the Southern States. 

 He observes, The caper, though a tender plant, is certain in its 

 produce; because a mound of earth of the size of a cucumber^ill* 

 thrown over the plant in the Autumn, protects it effectually against the 

 cold of the Winter. When the danger of frost is over in the Spring, 

 they are to be uncovered, and the culture begun, There are a 

 great deal in the neighborhood of Toulon. The plants are set about 

 eight feet apart, and yield, one year with another, about two pounds 

 &f capers each, worth, n the spot, about six pence sterling the 



