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ting feafon, which lafts forty days *, and returns 

 annually in the fpring t« It is then faid, that 

 they foam continually, and that one or two red 

 veficles, as large as a hog's bladder, iflue from 

 their mouths J. In this feafon, they eat little, 

 attack and bite animals, and even their own ma- 

 ilers, 



proaches them, and for that reafon they are muzzled ; Rela- 

 tion de Thevenot, torn. i. p. 222. — When the camels are in fea- 

 fon, thofe who have the charge of them are obliged to muzzle 

 them and to be much on their guard ; for the animals are 

 mifchievous, and even furious ; Voyage de Jean Ovington, torn* 

 \. p. 222. 



* The camels, in the feafon of love, are dangerous. This 

 feafon continues forty days, and, when part, they refume 

 their ordinary mildnefs ; L'Afrique de Marmol, torn. 1. p. 49. 



\ The male camels, which, in all other feafons, are ex- 

 tremely gentle and tradable, become furious in the fpring, 

 which is the time of their copulating. Like the cats, the 

 camels generally perform this operation during the night. 

 The fheath of their penis then lengthens, as happens to all 

 animals which lie much on their bellies. At all other times, 

 it is more contracted and inclined backward, that they may 

 difcharge their urine with more eafe ; Shaw's travels. — In 

 the month of February, the camels come in feafon, and 

 the males are fo furious, that they foam inceiiantly at the 

 mouth ; Voyage de la Boulaie le-Gcuz, p. 256. 



X When the camel is in feafon, he continues forty days 

 without eating or drinking ; and he is then fo furious, that, 

 unlefs prevented, he bites every perfon who comes near him- 

 Wherever he bites, he carries off the piece ; and from his 

 mouth there ilfues a white foam, accompanied with two blad- 

 ders, which are large and blown up like the bladder of a hog ; 

 Voyage de Tavernier, torn. 1. p. j 61 . — The camels, when in fea- 

 fon, live forty-two days without food ; Relat. de Thevenot., torn. 

 2. p. 222. — ' Veneris furore diebus quadraginta permanent 

 « famis patientes ,-' Leon. Afric. vol. 2. p. 748. — In the rutting 

 feafon, which lafts five or fix weeks, the camel eats much lefs 

 than at any other time ; Voyage de Chardlr^ torn. 2. p. 28. 



