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KUMINANTS. 



communication whereby many Eastern nations separated from each 

 other by burning deserts carry on their commerce : his strength and 

 capability of enduring prolonged abstinence, both from food and 

 water, alone render this intercourse possible ; and in few instances is 

 the beneficence of the Creator more conspicuous than in the con- 



FlG. 426. ARABIAN CAMEL. 



struction of these invaluable helpmates of the human race. To 

 enable him to move with facility over a soft sandy surface, his 

 feet are broad and cushion-shaped, and his limbs long; he picks 

 the thorny bushes as he passes, without halting, and provided with 



FlG. 427. WATER-CELLS OF THE CAMEL. 



tin extraordinary apparatus in his stomach in which he carries water 

 (Fig. 427), he resists the burning heat for ten or even twelve days, 



