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that are of great service in assisting their owner to make 

 good progress over rocky ground. 



In the stomach of the animals of this group there are 

 only three compartments, the first and second (paunch and 

 reticulum) of which are fitted with a collection of cells for 

 storage of as much as a gallon and a half of water, upon 

 which the animal can draw at will. Another common 

 feature of the Tylopada group rests in the fact that the 

 bones of the animals are quite ivory-like in character. 



FAMILY CAMELIDj. 



ARABIAN CAMEL (Camelus dromedarius). 



Plate XXXIX. Fig. 2. 



The One-Humped Camel is the true Arabian species, a 

 large, ungainly-looking animal, nearly seven feet long and 

 standing seven feet high at the shoulder, or 

 about nine feet to the top of the head. Apart 

 from the hump, the back of the animal is long 

 and arched, and the head is set on a long 

 curved neck. In colour the coat of soft, woolly 

 hair is generally reddish grey, though darker 

 and even quite black animals are not unknown. 

 Pads of hard skin take the place of hair on 

 the chest and leg joints, which points would 

 otherwise suffer when the Camel kneels or 

 lies down. 



The ears of the animal are small and rounded, 

 and the eyes are protected by large eyelids and 

 eyebrows ; the large nostrils can be closed at 

 will. The eyes and nose are thus capable of 

 being protected during the terrible sandstorms 

 that are common in the desert. The lips are 

 mobile, and the upper one is cleft like that of 

 the hare, the better to take hold of food to draw 

 it into the mouth. The Camel is a ruminant, 

 but nevertheless it has incisor teeth in the front of the 

 upper jaw, but in the adults only a single pair remains. 



BONES OF 

 FORE FOOT 



OF 

 THE CAMEL. 



