Til K CAMELS. 



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the camels of the Old World, and the llama and vi 

 South America, [n former (Tertiai llama-like 



animal inhabited the Pacific coasl to In the cam- 



els the upper lateral h are present; the stomach is 



distinctly divided into four chambers, the third stom- 

 ach, as such, is wanting, though the tomach has 

 deep cells, the so-called "water-cell 

 which, according to Huxley, "serve 

 to strain off from the contents of the 

 paunch, and to retain in .store, a con- 

 siderable quantity of water;*' thus the 

 camel is popularly said to store up a 

 supply of water in its stomach for its 

 march over di The toes have 

 very large, thick pads, while the hoofs 

 are reduced to nail-like proportions. 

 In the camel the foot-pad Is common 

 m all the toes, but in the llama 



[uchenia) of the eastern Andi 

 each toe has a distinci pad, besii 



i he claw. The llama in a wild stati ther in 



herds; from early times it has been also domesticated and 





Fig. 821.— Skull of Li 



used as a beasl of burden, and for their wool, chiefly in 

 Peru and Chili, It is rather larger than a sheep, with the 

 form of a camel. The Huanaco is probably the wild form 



