CAMEL. 
are, indeed, sometimes introduced into them, 
and fonnd prolific ; but the care of keeping 
them is so great, and the accidents to which 
they are exposed from the variableness of the 
climate so numerous, that they never repay 
their necessary trouble and expence : in a few 
years, they are observed to degenerate; their 
strength and patience forsake them ; and, in- 
stead of constituting the riches, they become 
the burden of their owners. 
It is not incurious to observe, how nearly 
alike, in most ancient and modem languages, 
is the name of the Camel. In Hebrew, it is 
Gamal ; in the Chaldean, Gamala ; in ancient 
Arabic, Gemal; in modern Arabic, Gimel; 
in Greek, Kamelos ; in Latin, Camelus; in 
Italian, and in Spanish, Camelo ; in German, 
Koeraeli and, in French, Chameau. 
