CAMEL. 
In Arabia, where the Camel most abounds, 
■ k is held sacred, as an animal without the help 
of which the natives could ^neither subsist, 
traffic, nor travel. It's milk constitutes a part 
of their nourishment ; they feed on it's flesh ; 
they clothe tliemselves with it's hair ; and, in 
case of invasion, it serves to accelerate their 
flight, being sometimes known to travel up- 
wards of a hundred miles in a single day. By 
means of the Camel, the Arabs jfind perfe6l 
safety in their inhospitable desarts ; since all the 
armies on earth might be lost in pursuit of a 
flying squadron of Arabs, mounted on Camels, 
and taking refuge in solitudes where nothing 
interposes to impede their flight, or to force 
them to face their invaders. Thus, where 
nature presents only obje6ls of danger and 
sterility, the Arab finds protedtion, food, and 
liberty: in the midst of his solitudes, he lives, 
independent and tranquil; and, instead of con- 
sidering the wastes spread around him as a re- 
straint on his happiness, he is taught by expe- 
rience to regard them as the munitions of 
freedom.. 
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