The CAMEL * and DROME- 

 DARY**. 



THE names Camel and Dromedary fignify 

 not two different fpecies, but only two di- 

 flintt races of the camel, which have iubfifted 



long 



* There are two fpecies of the camel, the BaJlrian camel, 

 and the Arabian camel or Dromedary. They have no cut- 

 ting teeth in the upper jaw* The upper lip is divided, like 

 that of the hare ; and they have fix cutting teeth in the low- 

 er jaw The Bacti ian camel has two bunches on the back, 



a fmall head, fhort ears, and a long {lender, bending neck. 

 The height, to the top of the bunches, is fix feet fix inches. 

 The hair is foft, longeft about the neck, under the throat, 

 and about the bunches. The colour of the hair on the pro- 

 tuberances is duilcy, on the other parts it is a reddilh aih-co- 

 iour. The tail is long, the hairs on the middle is foft, and 

 coarfe, black, and long on the fides. The hoofs are fmall ; 

 the feet flat, divided above, but not through. The bottom 

 of the feet is exceffively tough, yet pliant. There are fix cal- 

 lofities on the legs, one on each knee ; one on the infide of each 

 fore-leg, on the upper joint ; one on the infide of the hind- 

 leg, at the bottom of the thigh ; another on the lower part of 

 the bread, the places that the animal refts on when it lies 

 down ; Pennant's Sy?iopf. of quad. p. 60. 



In Greek, K«itnA«s B«*T£«s ; in Latin, Camclus ; in Italian, 

 Camelo ; in Spanifh, Camelo ; in German, Koeviel ; in Hebrew, 

 Gamal ; in Chaldean, Gamala ; in ancient Arabic, Gemal ; in 

 modern Arabic, Cimel ; in French, Cha?neau. From thefe de- 

 nominations, it appears, that the name of this animal has 

 been adopted into modern languages, with little variation, 



from the ancient Hebrew, Chaldean, and Arabic. 



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