58 COSIPAEISONS OF STEUCTURE IN AKDIALS, 



after the manner of men, has he not displayed 

 in the structure of organic beings I 



In the ruminating quadrupeds — as the ox, 

 deer, antelope, and others — the hoofed foot is 

 lifid; that is, two toes are attached to the 

 canon-bone ;* and besides these, there are two 

 . small lateral rudimentary toes, as in the ox. 

 The hoofs of ruminants are modified accord- 

 ing to the locality the species are respectively 

 destined to occupy ; but there are two ani- 

 mals belonging to this tribe, the structure of 

 whose feet claims notice — we allude to the 

 camel and the llama. 



The camel, aptly termed the ship of the 

 desert, is destined for the burning sands of a 

 wide-spread waste, and still occupies as of yore 

 its ancient home. Still, with slow and silent 

 march, does the caravan of camels wend its way 

 over the Syrian and Arabian deserts, as it did 

 in the time of Joseph, when " a company of 

 Ishmeelites came from Gilead, with their camels 

 bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, goino- to 

 carry it down to Egypt." 



The camel does not tread on the hoofed 

 points of its toes like the ox or antelope, but 



* There is no canon-bone in the hog, but four true and pro- 

 portionate metacarpal bones. ' 



