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the camelj to which may be added the alpaca and 

 tiie llama of Peru. All these animals have a 

 great reseiublance to the camel^ although they 

 are smaller^ and their forms are more elegant and 

 better turned ; like the camel they have a small 

 head without horns^ a very long neck^ middle- 

 sized cars, large and round eyes, a short muzzle, 

 the upper lip more or less cleft, llic legs longer 

 than the size of the body appears to require, the 

 feet divided, tlje tail short, and the hair long, 

 and of a sufticient fineness for spinning. Their 

 genital parts are similar to those of the camel;, 

 and the males, in like manner, void their urine 

 backwards. In their internal conformation thev 

 difier but little from the camel, and, like all ru- 

 minating animals, have four stomachs ; the 

 second of which contains, between the two mem- 

 branes that compose it, a great number of ca- 

 vities which appear to be intended solely for re- 

 servoirs of water. 



These American camels resemble those of the 

 old continent also in their dispositions and their 

 mode of living ; like them, they are extremely 

 docile, and generally very mild. The alpaca and 

 the llama are employed, like the camel, to carry 

 burdens, and possess the following properties in 

 common with tliat animal : they kneel in order to 

 receive or discharoe their loads ; their hoofs are 

 so firm as not to require jliocing, and their skin? 

 so thick as to render a pack 5c.ddle unnecessary. 



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