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when mixed with food becomes stinking, so that it is 

 more than probable that the supply found in a dead 

 camel would be impure and undrinkable ; besides the 

 overpowering stench that comes from a camel when 

 opened, to say nothing of the extreme probability of 

 the supply either having been entirely exhausted by 

 the camel himself, or of its being so small as to be 

 of no real use. Only a pint of dirty water in some cases 

 in others not so much ; and in others, again, that have 

 been without water for some days, none at all has 

 been found in dead camels that I have seen cut up. 

 Other naturalists, and among them M. de Quatrefages, 

 think that the water found in these reservoirs is in 

 reality a secretion of the animal ; but I should think 

 there can be no doubt that the supply comes from the 

 water which the animal drinks, and is intended as a 

 reserve to quench his thirst on an emergency only, 

 saliva and mucus being the secretions which assist in 

 moistening and lubricating the food. 



I once more take the liberty of quoting V.-S. Steel : Lungs 

 ' The lungs are spongy bodies composed of air-tubes 

 and cells, bloodvessels, and a tissue which connects the 

 parts together. They are divided into two, right and 

 left, which are subdivided into lobes, the peculiarity 

 of those of the camel being that the latter division is 

 less marked than in most mammalia. The lungs are 

 covered with a fine membrane of a serous nature called 

 pleura, which is also reflected upon the inside of the 

 chest, the secretion from which performs the office of 

 lubrication, and by its means any attrition during the 

 motion of inspiration and expiration is avoided. 



There are peculiarities in the anatomy of the liver Liver 



