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Camel, the Goat, the Sheep, the Rein-deer. It is yielded 

 likewise by the Mare and the Ass. The milk of the rumi- 

 nating tribes is the richest in cream and cheese, and that of 

 the Equine family is the most abundant in saccharine prin- 

 ciples, and approaches nearest to that of the human species. 

 The milk of Mares is used by the Kalmuks and other East- 

 ern Asiatics. The Chinese, who are of the same family of 

 mankind, make scarcely any use of milk as food ; and the Red 

 Men of America, who are the nearest connected by their phy- 

 siological characters with the Eastern Asiatics, manifest the 

 like indifference to it ; and, until the present hour, have not 

 learned to tame the milk-bearing animals of their country, the 

 Rein -deer and the Musk Ox of their regions of snow, and 

 the Bisons of their rich savannahs and boundless forests. 

 Passing from Eastern Asia into its innumerable islands, we 

 find that milk is scarcely at all used by the inhabitants. To 

 the savage tribes of Borneo, New Guinea, and New Holland, 

 this salutary food is unknown. 



Of all the ruminating animals, the Cow is that which 

 yields her milk the most freely, and in the largest quantity. 

 This animal possesses two pairs of mammse united together, 

 forming a large udder, whereas the Sheep, the Goat, and the 

 Deer, possess only one pair. She gives her milk beyond the 

 period of maternal solicitude, and in quantity far more than 

 suffices to nourish her own offspring. Her milk holds a 

 middle place between that of the Ovine family and the Equine, 

 with respect to the production of cheese, butter, and sugar, 

 and it is more agreeable to the taste than any other. The 

 milk of the Buffalo is more watery than that of the Cow, 

 and the cream and butter are colourless. The milk of the 

 Yak is rich, but, like that of the other Bisons, has the odour 

 of musk. 



The Camel, inhabiting the vast deserts of Asia, and ex- 

 tending over a part of Africa, yields milk which may be used 

 as food. There are two species, the Bactrian Camel, having 

 two large protuberances on the back, being adapted for the 



