CLASS-BOOK OF ZOOLOGY. 47 



QUESTIONS ON SECT. VIH. 



§ 156. What are One-hoofed Mammalia? 



§ 157. What do you know of the native country of the horse, and the 

 number of its teeth V 



§ 158. How can the age of the Horse be ascertained, and what use is 

 made of this animal ? 



§ J 59. Describe the Ass, its use, and the esteem for it among the 

 Hindoos. 



§ 160. Describe the Zebra. 



SECTION IX. 



6th Order — Two-hoofed Mammalia: (Bisulia.) 



'} 161. Tioo-hoofed Mammalia are distinguished by hav- 

 ing only eight front teeth in the inferior jaw ; and nearly 

 all, by also having six grinders on either side of each jaw. 

 The Cloven-hoofed Mammalia are the most useful to man. 

 Their flesh, fat, and milk are used as food ; their hides for 

 leather ; their horns for knife-handles, combs, etc. ; their 

 bones for buttons or manure ; and their hair for uphol- 

 stering. Many of them are used for beasts of burden. 

 They are divided into two families, viz. : those without 

 horns, as the Camel, Llama, Vicugna, and Musk-goat ; 

 and those ivith horns, as the Elk, Reindeer, Stag, Giraffe, 

 Antelope, Sheep, Goat, and Ox. 



3 162. The Camel (Camelus bactrianus) is much higher 

 than a horse, covered with white and reddish-gray hair, 

 has two humps on the back, and is found wild in large 

 herds in the middle of Asia, and also as a domestic animal 

 in Asia, Africa, and the east of Europe. It is employed 

 as a beast of burden on account of its quick pace and 

 natural saddle ; one can carry a thousand pounds, and 

 travel one hundred miles in a day. Camels were used 

 at the time of Moses, by the Israelites, who called it 

 Gamel. The Camel subsists on coarse kinds of vegetables, 

 such as thistles and thorny shrubs, and can endure thirst 

 for many days. It lives from forty to fifty years. 



§ 163. The Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) is higher 

 than a horse, of a white and reddish-gray color, with one 



