104 BACTRTAW CAMEL. 



seven feet and a half to the top of the shoulder hunch 

 The colour of the hair is generally of a dark brown, 

 though light varieties often occur, and are sometimes 

 bred ; on some parts of the body it is long and shaggy ; 

 on the crown of each hunch, the mane, crown of the 

 head, forepart of the neck, it is thick and lengthened ; 

 and where the fore leg proceeds from the body, there 

 is a large bonch, which grows do\m on the fore arm. 

 The second species of Camel, or that with only 

 one hump on the back, is known under the name 

 of the 



ARABIAN CAMEL OR DROMEDARY. 

 C. 



It is by far the most extensively used, and seems 

 from its constitution to be able to endure for a greater 

 length of time those fatigues and deprivations to 

 which it is subjected ; and it is this animal which is 

 of such vast utility in the east, the fortune of the 

 Arab, and nearly the only beast of burden in Tur- 

 key, Persia, and the north of Africa. It is at once 

 distinguished from the preceding animal by having 

 only a single hump placed nearly in the centre of 

 the back, and is of a size and stature somewhat 



* From tyo/xsvf, a runner, being used for conveying ex- 

 presses, &c. 



