104- ORDER V. PECORA. CAMEL. 



which is very soft, is elegantly adorned with a dark 

 fur in some parts of the body, and a light grey in others. 

 It has a lateral membrane, extending from the fore to the 

 hind legs ; and its tail is covered with long hair, horizontally 

 disposed. By means of the appendage connecting its 

 legs, it is capable of darting itself twenty yards, from one 

 tree to another, at a single bound. 



This animal is a native of North America and New Spain ; 

 a variety of it is also found in Lapland, Poland, and Russia. 

 It is easily tamed ; but embraces the first opportunity of 

 making its escape ; and, though playful, discovers little 

 attachment. 



ORDER V PECORA. 



THE characteristics of this order (which includes the 

 camel, the musk, the stag, the goat, the sheep, and the ox 

 kinds) are, that the animals have cutting teeth in their 

 under, but none in their upper jaw ; and but five molar 

 teeth in both. 



THE CAMEL. 



There are two varieties of this very useful animal, both 

 of which may be considered as essentially serviceable to 

 the natives in the parched deserts of Africa, Arabia, and 

 other tropical countries. One, which is called more pe- 

 culiarly the camel, has two protuberances on its back ; 

 the other, which obtains the name of the dromedary, has 

 only one, and is neither so large nor so strong as the 

 former. Both races, however, intermix ; and their united 

 offspring is reckoned more valuable than the pure breed 

 of either. The dromedary, indeed, is by far the more nume- 

 rous, and extends over very spacious regions ; while the 

 camel is scarce, excepting in Turkey and the Levant. 

 Neither of them can subsist or breed in the variable 

 climates of the north ; and they seem intended by Provi- 



