LECTURE IV. 115 



natory plates, in the ingenious observations of 

 Daubenton, annexed to the quarto edition of 

 Buffon's History of Quadrupeds, 



All the Pecora or Ruminants as they are often 

 called, are hoofed, and in the major part the hoof 

 is divided into two principal parts, with the addi- 

 tion, in many, of two very small undivided hoofs 

 or processes on each side, or rather behind the 

 principal ones. 



In the Camel the structure of the foot is pe- 

 culiar ; the sole or part beneath the'hoofs, being 

 swelled into a kind of elastic pad, covered with 

 an extremely strong, but flexible skin, admirably 

 adapted for enabling the animal to travel over the 

 dry and sandy deserts which it is chiefly destined 

 to inhabit. 



The whole Order Pecora^ without an excep- 

 tion, feeds entirely on vegetable food. Of these 

 genera I shall only particularize a few of the most 

 remarkable. One of these is the Camelopardi, or 

 Giraffa. 



The most curious or singular genera in the 

 Linnsean Pecora, or Ruminant tribe, are those of 

 Camelopardi, Camel, Musk, and Antelope. The 

 Camelopardi, which is the Camelopardalis Giraffa 



