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The general height of the Dromedary from the ground to 

 the top of the bunch upon its back is about six feet and a half 

 Its height from the ground to the top of its head, when it elevates 

 it, is nearly nine feet. The head and neck are seldom elevated, 

 but chiefly stretched out in a line with the bunch on its back. 

 The head is small, the neck much elongated, the body of a long 

 and meagre shape, the legs rather slender, and the tail, which is 

 slightly tufted at the end, reaches to the joints of the hind legs. 

 The feet are large. They are peculiarly hoofed, being divided 

 above into two lobes, not reaching through the whole length of the 

 foot. The extremity of the foot is defended by a small hoof. The 

 under part of the hoof is covered with an extremely tough and 

 flexible skin, which enables the animal to travel with peculiar ease 

 and security over dry, stony, and sandy regions. The general 

 color is an uniform dusky brown, more or less tinged with the 

 ferruginous, or irony. Its hair is fine and soft, and serves for the 

 manufacture of several kinds of stuffs. 



The Llama is about four feet high; its body, compre- 

 hending the neck and head, is five or six feet long; its neck alone 

 is near three feet. The head is small and well proportioned, the 

 eyes large, the nose somewhat 

 long, the lips thick, the upper 

 divided, and the lower a little 

 depending : it wants the incisive 

 and canine teeth in the upper 

 jaw. The ears are four inches 

 long, and move with great agility. 

 The tail is seldom above eight 

 Inches long, small, straight, and 

 a little turned up at the end. It 

 is cloven-footed, like the ox ; but the hoof has a kind of spear-like 

 appendage behind, which assists the animal to move and support 

 itself -over precipices and rugged ways. The back is clothed with 

 a short wool, as is the crupper and tail ; but it is very long on the 

 belly and sides. These animals differ in color ; some are white, 

 others black, but most of them brown. 



The Llama. 



