MAMMALIA RUMINANTIA DIAGRAM 3. 49 



rivers of Africa ; it lias a heavy clumsy gait on land, but it swims 



Hippopotamus. 



in the water with great ease, and it dives and rolls about in the 

 water with as much agility as a fish. It eats grass, leaves, and 

 roots of trees. 



ORDER RUMINANTIA. 



The CAMELS are ruminating animals which live in countries 

 where there are great deserts. 

 When they arc well fed, they 

 have one or two humps of fat on 

 the back, which grow smaller 

 when they are kept fasting. 

 The Dromedaries have two 

 humps, and inhabit Asia, on the 

 borders of Persia, in somewhat 

 cold countries. The true camels, Camel, 



on the contrary, have only one hump, and inhabit Arabia and 

 Africa. As these animals are able to pass several days without 

 eating, when their paunch is full, they are extremely valuable in 

 desert countries. But their moderation has been too much 



