CAMEL. 
first was the effecl of accident, has by degrees 
become natural. Certain it is, that the pro- 
tuberance on the back of the Camel, which 
is composed of a substance not dissimilar to 
the udder of a cow, enlarges or diminishes 
in proportion as the aniinal is fed» 
Nine out of ten male Camels are usually 
castrated ; and though this operation may 
enfeeble them, it adds to their patience and 
docility. The female receives the male in a 
recumbent posture ; she goes with young about 
a year; and, like the other large animals, pro- 
duces but one at a time. Tlie milk of the 
Camel is both abundant and nutritive; and, 
mixed with water,, conftitutes a principal part 
of the beverao-e of the Arabians. These ani- 
raals begin to procreate at about three years of 
age, and commonly live to forty or fifty. 
I'he genital parts of the male resemble those 
of the bull, but are placed pointing back- 
wards y so that the urine seems to be eje6led 
in the same manner as that of the female : 
and tills, as well as the dung, and indeed al- 
most every part of the animal, is converted 
to 
