136 THE CAMEL 



living carriage, which they may load, or overload, 

 even during fleep ; for, when hurried, the load 

 is fometimes not taken off, but he lies down to 

 fleep under it, with his legs folded *, and his 

 body refting on his ftomach. Hence thefe ani- 

 mals perpetually bear the marks of fervitude and 

 pain. Upon the under part of the breaft, there 

 is a large callofity as hard as horn, and fimilar 

 ones on the joints of the limbs. Though thefe cal- 

 lofities are found on all camels, they exhibit a 

 proof that they are not natural, but produced by 

 exceffive conftraint and painful labour; for they 

 are often filled with pus t« The bread and legs, 

 therefore, are deformed by callofities ; the back 

 is flill more disfigured by one or two bunches. 

 The callofities, as well as the bunches, are per- 

 petuated by generation. As it is obvious, that 

 the firft deformity proceeds from the conftant 

 practice of forcing thefe animals, from their ear- 

 lier!: age J, to lie on their ftomach, with their limbs 



folded 



* In the night, the camels deep on their knees, and rumi- 

 nate what they have eaten during the day ; I 'oyage da P. 

 Philippe, p. 269. 



f Having opened the callofities on the legs to examine their 

 ftruclure, which is a medium between fat and ligament, w« 

 found, in a fmall camel, that fomc of them contained a collection 

 ot thick pus. The callofity on the fternum was eight inches 

 long, fix broad, and two thick. In it likewife we found a great 

 deal of pus; Mem. pour fervir a Vhijt. des. annua ux, part. 1. 



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% As foon as a camel is brought forth, his four lep- s are 



folded under his body. After which, be is covered with a 



, : :h. hangs down to the ground, and on the borders 



of 



