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trouble of raifing the goods to 4 great height. 

 As foon as they are loaded, they rife fpontaneouf- 

 ly, and without any afliftance. One of them is 

 mounted by their conductor, who goes before, 

 and regulates the march of all the followers. 

 They require neither whip nor fpur. But, when 

 they begin to be tired, their courage is fupported, 

 or rather their fatigue is charmed, by fmging, or 

 J>y the found of fome inftrument*. Their con- 

 ductors relieve each other in fmging ; and, when 

 they want to prolong the journey f> they give 



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four legs, and then rife with their burden ; Voyage de la Bote- 

 laiele-GouZt p. 255. — The camels lie down to be loaded or 

 unloaded, and rile when defired ; Relation de Thevenot, torn. I. 



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* The camels rejoice at the harmonious found of the voice , 



or of fome inftrument. .... The Arabs ufe timbrels, be- 

 caufe whipping does not make the animals advance. But 

 mufic, and particularly that of the human voice, animates 

 and gives them courage; Voyage d'Oleariuj, torn. l. p. 552. — 

 When their conductor wants to make his camels perform ex- 

 traordinary journeys, inftead of chaltiling, he encourages 

 them with a fong_; and, though they had formerly ftopt, 

 and refufed to proceed farther, they now go on chearfully, 

 and quicker than a horfe when pufhed with the fpur; UAfri- 

 que de Marmol, torn I. p. 47. — The maftcr conducts his camels 

 by fmging, and, from time to time, blowing his whiftle. The 

 more he fmgs, and the louder he blows, the animals march 

 the quicker ; and, when he ceafes to fing, they flop. Their 

 conductors relieve each other by fmging alternately, &c. 

 Voyage de Tavernier, torn. l./>. 163. 



t It is remarkable, that the camels learn to march by a 

 kind of fmging ; for they proceed quickly or flowly, accor- 

 ding to the found of the voice. In the fame manner, when 

 their matters want an extraordinary journey performed, they 



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