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ference, by which those two races are distin- 

 guished, consists in this, that the camel has 

 two bunches upon his back, whereas the drome- 

 dary has but one ; the latter, also, is neither so 

 large nor so strong as the camel. These two races, 

 however, produce with each other, and the mixed 

 breed formed between them is considered the best, 

 the most patient, and the most indefatigable of 

 all the kind.* 



Of the two varieties, the dromedary is by far 

 the most numerous ; the camel being scarcely 

 found except in Turkey and the countries of the 

 Levant, while the other is found spread over all 

 the deserts of Arabia, the southern parts of Af- 

 rica, Persia, Tartary, and a great part of the 

 Eastern Indies. Thus the one inhabits an im- 

 mense tract of country, the other, in comparison, 

 is confined to a province ; the one inhabits the 

 sultry countries of the torrid zone, the other de- 

 lights in a warm, but not a burning climate ; nei- 

 ther, however, can subsist or propagate in the 

 variable climates towards the north : they seem 

 formed for those countries, where shrubs are 

 plenty, and water scarce ; where they can travel 

 along the sandy desert without being impeded 

 by rivers, and find food at expected distances : 

 such a country is Arabia, and this, of all others, 

 seems the most adapted to the support and pro- 

 duction of this animal. 



[* These animals have no horns. They have six fore-teeth in the under 

 jaw ; the canine teeth are wide set, three in the upper, and two in the lower 

 jaw ; and there is fissure in the upper lip, resembling the cleft in the lip 

 of a hare.] 



