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Daubciiton, amirvd to lljr ijuarto -dilion of 

 JiulVmi's II; i Qnadrnpr 



All the IVcora or Ruminants ;is they an- !'; 

 called, an- hoofed; and in the major part the hoof 

 is dmded into tuo principal parts, \\itii the addi- 

 tion, in many, of two very small undivided hoofs 

 or processes on each side, or rather behind the 

 principal ones. 



In the Camel the structure of the foot is pe- 

 culiar; the M>lt or part beneath the hoofs, being 

 swelled into a kind of clastic pad, covered with 

 an extremely strong, but flexible skin, admirablv 

 adapted for enabling the animal to travel over the 

 dry and sandy deserts which it is chiefly destined 

 to inhabit. 



The whole Order Pecora, without an excep- 

 tion, feeds entirely on vegetable food. Of these 

 ra I shall only particularize a few of the most 

 remarkable. One of these is the CamdopartS, or 

 fj'u. 



The most curious or singular genera in the 

 IV-cora, or Kuminant tribe, are those of 

 i, Can" I, J/w.v/;, and Antelope. The 

 i, \\hich is the CamelitparduHs Glraffa 



