MAMMALIA. PECORA. Camel. 289 



belong, as that -word is derived from the Greek A?»f«?> which Cgnlfies fwift. The fwift Camels of 

 China, above referred to, are probably fimilar to thofe of Perfia and Arabia. 



14 2. Ba&rian Camel. — 2. Camelus baclrianus. 2. 



Has two hunches on the back. Briff. quad. 53. Forfter, Phil. Tranf. lvii. 343. Forfk. Faun, 

 orient. P. iv. Raj. quad. 145. 



KaifisAos BaxT^o;. Ai-ift. hift. an. ii. c. 1. — Camelus Baclrianus. Plin. viii. c. 18. — Dromedarius. 



Jonft. quad. 42. 43. 44. f. 1. — Camelus turcicus, or Turkifh Camel. Profp. Alp. Aeg. i. 223. t. 13. 



Camelus. Gefn. quad. 162. f. p. 163. Schwenkf. therictr. 72. Alur. bif. 907. 889.— Chameau, or 

 Camel. Sm. Buff. vi. 118. pi. clxvi. — Trampelthier, oder Dromedar. Knorr. del. nat. t. k. 6.— 

 Baclrian, or Two-bunched Camel. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 58. /3. 



Inhabits, in a wild ftate, the weftern parts of India, and in the deferts near the Chinefe Empire. 



This fpecies is extremely hardy, and is bred in Perfia, Africa, and the eaft, but is more rare than the 

 Arabian, or fingle hunched kind; it is chiefly appropriated by the great men, and is fwifter of foot than 

 the other, though not nearly fo much fo as the fwift variety of the Arabian. In its general appearance 

 and manners it refembles the Camel with one hunch, from which it differs chiefly in having longer 

 hair, efpecially on the throat and neck, and in being furmounted with two hunches on the back ; of 

 tbefe the hinder one is larger than the other. Camels are faid to be poifoned by the boxwood tree ; 

 they procreate in February, the female goes a whole year with young, and produces only one foal at 

 a time; it arrives at its full growth in two years, during moft part of which time it continues to fuck. 



625 /3. Mixed Camel. — Came/us hybridus. 



'In Perfia a hybrid race is carefully cultivated between the Arabian and Baftrian fpecies ; this is in 

 high eftimation, as ftronger, hardier, and more adlive than either ; it is capable of reproduction, but 

 the breed degenerates, and is only kept up in perfection by the original means of its production. ' 



■ 6 3. Glama. — 3. Camelus Glama. 3. 



Has a hunch on the breath 



Camel, with very fliort hair. Briff. quad. 55.— Camelus Pcruvianus, or Peruvian Camel, called 

 Glama. Raj. quad. i 45 .-_Ovis peruana, or Peruvian Sheep, named Pelon, Ichiatl, or Oquitli 

 Hernand. mex. 660. Charlet. exerc. 9. Jonft. quad. t. 46.— Cervocamelus. Jonft. quad. t. 29 — 

 Hirfch-camel. Gefn. Thierb. 2 39 .—E,,^, a y^ H . Margr. Braf. 2 43 .-Llama. Laet, ame'r. 40c. 

 Ulloa, voy. i. 365. t. 24. f. 5. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 59. Sm. Buff. viii. 133. 



Inhabits the high mountains of Peru, Chili, and other parts of South America.— This is the Camel 

 of Peru and Chili ; in manners, flow pace, ufe, rumination, difficult commerce of the fexes patient 

 endurance of hunger and thirft, external form, and internal ftruclure, it refembles the Camel of the 

 'old world ; but is much fmaller, feldom reaching four feet and a half high, and has no hunch on the 

 back. The head is fmall, with a fhort nofe, large round black eyes, and fharp pointed ears of a mo- 

 derate fize; the neck is long, much bent, and very protuberant where it joins the body; the legs are 

 long and the feet half cloven; the tail is fhort; This animal is mild, gentle, and docile; it is domefti- 



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