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ritania to China, and on either side of this, they are rarely 

 discovered. 



The principal, and, as may be said, the only percepti- 

 ble character by which these animals differ, consists in the 

 camel's bearing two bunches, or protuberances, and the 

 dromedary only one. The latter is also much less, and 

 not so strong as the camel; but both of them herd and 

 procreate together ; and the production from this cross- 

 breed is more vigorous, and of greater value, than the 

 others. This mongrel issue from the dromedary and the 

 camel forms a secondary breed, which also mix and mul- 

 tiply with the first ; so that in this species, as well as in 

 that of other domestic animals, there is to be found a great 

 variety, according to the difference of the climates they 

 are produced in. Aristotle has judiciously marked the two 

 principal breeds ; the first, (which has two bunches,) under 

 the name of the Bactrian camel; and the second, under 

 that of the Arabian camel. The first are called Turcoman, 

 and the others, Arabian camels. This division still sub- 

 sists, with this difference only, that it appears, since the 

 discovery of those parts of Africa and Asia which were 

 unknown to the ancients, that the dromedary is, without 

 comparison, more numerous and more universal than the 

 carnel. The last being seldom found in any other place 

 than in Turkey, and in some other parts of the Levant; 

 while the dromedary, more common than any other beast 

 of his size, is to be found in all the northern parts of Africa, 

 in Egypt, in Persia, in South Tartary, and in all the 

 northern parts of India. 



The dromedary, therefore, occupies an immense tract of 

 land, while the camel is confined to a small spot of ground ; 

 the first inhabits hot and parched regions ; the second a 

 more moist and temperate soil. The camel appears to be 

 a native of Arabia ; for it is not only the country where 

 there is the greatest number, but it is also best accommo- 

 dated to their nature. Arabia is the driest country in the 



