148 THE CAMEL 



fhall content ourfelves with quoting a pafTage 

 from M. Niebuhr'sdefcription of Arabia, p. 144. 

 * In the country of Iman, moll of the camels 

 are of a middle ftature, and of a bright brown 

 colour ; fome of them, however, are large, 

 heavy, and of a deep brown colour. When 

 about to copulate, the female lies down on her 

 legs ; and her fore legs are tied, to pre- 

 vent her from rifing. The male fits on his 

 pofteriors like a dog, with his two fore feet 

 reding on the ground. He feems to be cold- 

 er and more indifferent than any other animal; 

 for he often requires to be teazed a long time 

 before the ardour of love is excited. When 

 the operation is finimed, the female is ftidden- 

 ly railed and forced to walk. The fame thing, 

 it is faid, takes place in Mefopotamia, Natolia, 

 and probably every where elfe.' 

 I remarked, that camels had been tranfported 

 to the Canaries, Antilles, and Peru ; but thai they 

 had not fucceeded in any part of the New World. 

 Dr Brown, in his hiftory of Jamaica, affirms, that 

 he faw dromedaries there, which the Englifh, in 

 former times, had tranfported thither in great 

 numbers, and that, though they ftill fubiift, they 

 are of little ufe ; becaufe the inhabitants are ig- 

 norant of the proper manner of feeding and 

 treating thefe animals. They, however, multi- 

 ply in all thefe climates, and I doubt not but 

 they might produce even in France. We fee 

 from the Gazette of June 9. 1775, thatM. Brin- 



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