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History of Nature. 



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great Number, by one that lieth in wait, is snatched away 

 upon a very swift Horse ; and they are shifted at Intervals 

 from one fresh Horse to another. But when the Tigress finds 

 her Den empty (for the male Tiger hath no Care of the Young), 

 she runneth headlong after her young Ones, following the 

 Tracks by their Scent. The Man who hath seized them, 

 perceiving the Tigress approaching by the Noise she maketh, 

 throws down one of her Whelps; up she taketh it in her 



From the Pavement of the Temple of Fortune at Palestrina. Montf. torn. iv. pi. 60. 



Mouth, and back she runneth towards her Den, the swifter 

 for the Burden that she carryeth ; and presently again she 

 followeth the Pursuit, and so forward and back until they 

 are embarked in the Boat, and then she rageth with Fury on 

 the Shore. 



Camels are pastured in the East among other Cattle. 

 There are two Kinds of them, the Bactrian and the Arabian ; 

 which differ in that the Bactrian Camels have two Hunches 

 on their Backs, 1 and the other only one ; 2 but they have an- 



geographical distribution. See the article Tigers, in the " Penny Cyclo- 

 paedia," where the subject is fully treated, and numerous passages from 

 the Classics adduced in proof of the acquaiutance of the ancients with this 

 animal. Wern. Club. 



1 Camelus Bactrianus. LINN. Wern. Club. 



3 Camelus Dromedarius. LINN. The Arabian Camel. Wern. Club. 



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