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reach its pasture ; its motion is a kind of pace, 

 two legs on each side moving at the same time, 

 whereas in other animals they move transversely. 

 It often lies down with its belly to the earth, and, 

 like the camel, has a callous substance upon its 

 breast, which, when reposed, defends it from in- 

 jury. This animal was known to the ancients, 

 but has been very rarely seen in Europe. One 

 of them was sent from the East to the emperor 

 of Germany, in the year 1559 : but they have 

 often been seen tame at Grand Cairo, in Egypt ; 

 and I am told there are two there at present. 

 When ancient Rome was in its splendour, Pom- 

 pey exhibited, at one time, no less than ten upon 

 the theatre. It was the barbarous pleasure of the 

 people at that time, to see the most terrible, and 

 the most extraordinary animals produced in com- 

 bat against each other. The lion, the lynx, the 

 tiger, the elephant, the hippopotamus, were all 

 let loose promiscuously, and were seen to inflict 

 indiscriminate destruction. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



THE CAMEL, AND THE DROMEDARY. 



THESE names do not make two distinct kinds, but 

 are only given to a variety of the same animal, 

 which has, however, subsisted time immemorial. 

 The principal, and perhaps the only sensible dif- 



