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is covered with long woolly hair, and is remark- 

 able for the vast length and fulness of the hair on 

 the tail, which is of a silky softness, of a milk- 

 white colour, and reaches to the ground. The 

 tails of this species; of Ox, which in its native 

 country of Tarteiry, & called the Yak, are used by 

 persons of fashion in China, India, and other 

 parts of the Eastern world, by way of fly-flaps, 

 and are carried, on some occasions, as ensigns 

 of authority. 



The genus Camelus or Camel contains the 

 Camel and Dromedary, the Lama, the Vicuna, 

 and a ie\Y other species of inferior note. The 

 Camel and Dromedary are pretty well known to 

 almost every one : the Camelus Dromedarius of 

 Linnreus or Arabian Camel has a single elevation 

 or bunch on the back: the Camelus Bactrianus 

 of Linnasus or Bactrian Camel has two ; but the 

 names of Camel and Dromedary are differently 

 applied by different Vvi'iters, which sometimes 

 causes a degree of confusion when speaking of 

 them. It has been supposed by some that they 

 constitute in reality but one species, varying 

 either with a single or double elevation on the 

 back. These auimals are of the greatest possible 



