'230 ARABIAN CAMEL. 



upper regions of Africa. In Asia it is said not to 

 be found farther north than Persia, and in Africa 

 not farther south than Ethiopia. It is common 

 in most parts of India. 



The general height of the Arabian Camel, mea- 

 sured from the top of the dorsal bunch to the 

 ground, is about six feet and a halfj but from the 

 top of the head when the animal elevates it, not 

 much less than nine feet : the head, however, is 

 generally so carried as to be nearly on a level with 

 the bunch, or rather below it, the animal bending 

 the neck extremely in its general posture : the 

 head is small ; the neck very long, the body of a 

 long and meagre shape, the legs rather slender, 

 and the tail, which is slig'htly tufted at the end, 

 reaches to the jomts of the hind legs : the feet arc 

 very large, and are hoofed in a peculiar style, 

 being divided above into two lobes not reaching 

 through the whole length of the foot, and the ex 

 tremity of each lobe is guarded by a small hoof : 

 the under part of the foot is covered with an ex- 

 tremely strong, tough, and pliable skin, which, 

 by yielding in all directions, enables the animal 

 to travel with peculiar ease and security over dry, 

 stony, and sandy regions. On each leg are six 

 callosities, viz. one on each knee, one on the in- 

 side of each fore-leg on the upper joint, and one 

 on the inside of each hind-leg at the bottom of 

 the thigh. On the lower part of the breast is also 

 a large callus or tough tubercle, which is gra- 

 dually increased ])y the constant habit which the 

 animal has of resting upon it in lying down. 



