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very small ; but becomes very large in those fed 

 with herbage alone. 



These conjectures would be either confirmed 

 or destroyed, if we had wild Camels to com- 

 pare with the domestic ; but these animals no 

 where exist in a natural state, or if they do, no 

 one has described or observed them. We ought, 

 therefore, to suppose that every thing good and 

 beautiful belongs to Nature, and that whatever is 

 defective and deformed in these animals proceeds 

 from the labour and slavery imposed on them by 

 the empire of man. " 



The general colour of the Camel is an uniform 

 dusky brown, more or less tinged with ferrugi- 

 nous. Its hair is fine and soft, and serves for the 

 basis of several kinds of stuffs. 



There are several varieties of this animal, differ- 

 ing in size, strength, &c. analogous to the dif- 

 ferent breeds of horses 



BACTRIAN CAMEL, 



Camelus Bactrianus. C. tophh dorsi duobus* Lin. Syst, Nat^ 

 p. 90. 



Camel with two dorsal bunches, 

 Camelus, Gesn, Quadr. 163. Aldr. hisulc, 90^*. 

 Dromedarius. Jmst, Quadr. p. 42. 43, 44./! I* 

 Le Chameau. Buf. 11. p, 211, 246. pL 22, 

 Bactrian Camel. Fennant Quadr. i.p. 132. 



In its general appearance the Bactrian Camel 

 so much resembles the Arabian, that it might ra- 



