OF THE CLASS MAMMALIA. 



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a strong sole, admirably fitted for traversing sandy deserts. 

 Without the camel, man could with difficulty have traversed 

 the deserts of Asia and Africa. It is exceedingly temperate 



Fig. 217. The Giraffe. 



as to the use of water, a quality which has been ascribed to 



the peculiar form of its stomachs; in two of these, large cells 



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