ZOOLOGY. 



is found upon the back of the Camel and Dromedary. 

 Even in the Lama and Vicuna, -which, are found in 

 South America, described in a former number of the 

 Arcana, the same elevated rising is observed. In all 

 these animals the hump or sudden rising of the back, 

 differ considerably; in the Camel it is very large, and 

 placed in the centre ; in the Dromedary divided into 

 two prominences, as if for the purpose of placing the 

 load with safety, and in the Lama and Vicuna it is much 

 less obvious. In the Camelopard the same circumstance 

 exists, only placed closely to the upper part of the 

 shoulders. This protuberance is to be considered as a 

 fleshy florescence or tumour, and not connected with 

 any enlargement of the bone in that part. 



The second singular point in the formation of the 

 Camelopard, is the circumstance of the horns which grow 

 upon the top of the head, proceeding from a raised 

 bony process, which is elevated and higher than the rest 

 of the skull. It appears also very plain that the beast 

 has not the power of casting them, like the Stag, the 

 Elk and other ruminating animals, but that they are to 

 be considered as a part of the skull itself, and dating 

 their existence from the very birth of the creature. 



The account of Patterson, who in his Botanical 

 Tour in the neighbourhood of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 shot one of these curious animals, agrees with the ge- 

 neral account as to their mildness and timidity. The 

 individual which he killed and which is now in the 

 Museum of the late Doctor Hunter, in Lincoln's Inn 

 Fields, was about fifteen feet only in height, and may 

 therefore be properly supposed to have been a young 

 one, or a female. 



