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of their natui'e; and are capable of performing 
journies from Numidia to Ethiopia, over burning 
defartSj where no other animals could long exift. 
CameLj Arabian. The hair of this fpecies is 
curled, and longer than that on other animals of 
this kind, except on the bunch; and the hair on 
the back is different from that on the other parts, 
being grey and coarfe, and greatly refembling that 
on a horfe's tail. 
Camel, Bactrian. This animal has two 
bunches on it's back; but, in all other refpedls, it 
refembles the former varieties, and is equally 
adapted either for riding or carrying loads. 
Tlie two-bunched Camel is ftill found wild in 
the defarts of the temperate parts of Afia; particu- 
larly in thofe between China and India; and thefe 
are more large and generous than the domefticated 
race. 
The Baftrian Camel, as it is called, is very com- 
mon in Afia, and is much ufed among the Tar- 
tars and Mongols as a bead of burden. 
Camel, Chinese. This variety is remarkable 
for it's fleetnefs, and is therefore called by the ex- 
prefiivc namic of Fong Kyo Fo, or Camels with feet 
of the wind. It has two bunches, covered with 
long hair; the neck is fhort and thick; and the hair 
is thick, and as long as that of goats, being fome- 
times of a brownifh yellow colour, and at others 
reddifli, with an admixture of black. 
This fpecies of Camel being an exotic, is very 
rare in Arabia; and is accordingly in the pofleflion 
only of men of opulence. 
Camel, Llama. This animal, which may be 
confidered as the Camel of the new world, is con- 
fiderably fmaller than that of the old. It ftands 
high on it's legs, has a very long bending neck, 
a fmall head, fine black eyes; and, like the Ca- 
mel, is mild, gentle, patient, and tradtable. It's 
height is about four feet ; and it's length, from the 
neck to the tail, is about fix. Some of them are 
white, and others black; but they are in general 
brown. 
According to the editor of Byron's Voyage, 
the fhape of the Llama exactly refembles that of 
a Camel, except that it wants the bunch on it's 
back. It is the mofl ufeful animal of Peru and 
Chili, and was the only beaft of burden known to 
the Indians previous to the arrival of the Spaniards. 
Before the introdudlion of mules, they were ufed 
by the Indians in plowing their lands ; and at pre- 
fent they are employed in carrying burdens not ex- 
ceeding an hundred weight. They move v/ith a 
gravity not badly exprelTive of the difpofition of 
their Spaniili mailers ; and, like them, cannot be 
prevailed on to alter their pace. They lie down 
in order to be loaded ; and, when weary, no blov/s 
can provoke them to proceed. Feuillee fays, tliey 
are fo capricious, that if their drivers flrike them, 
they imm.ediately fquat down, and nothing but ca- 
refTes can induce them to rife. Between the breail 
and the belly of this animal there is a kind of bunch, 
from which a kind of matter frequently oozes. 
This animal is more temperate than even the 
Camel of the old world; and, of all other creatures, 
feems to have the leaft occafion for water, nature 
having fupplied it with fuch large quantities of fa- 
liva, that it fpits on every occafion ; and this faliva 
feems to be the only offenfive weapon with which 
this harmlefs creature is furnifhed, and by which it 
can exprefs it's refentment. When offended, li falls 
on it's belly, and pours out againfl it's adverfary a 
quantity of this fluidj v/hich, if it comes in gontad 
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with the fkin, immediately occafions an irritation, 
and a reddifh fpot. 
The flefh of the Llama Camel is proper for food, 
being efteemed equal to mutton; but it's wool has a. 
ftrong, difagreeable fcent. It is extremely fure- 
footed ; and is therefore peculiarly ferviceable in 
tranfporting the Peruvian ores over the moft rug- 
ged hills and narrowed paths of the Andes. 
Thefe animals inhabit that vafl chain of moun- 
tains which extend to the Straits of Magellan; but, 
except where thofe hills approach the fea, they are 
never found on the Coaft. In a wild ftate, they af- 
femble in great numbers in the higheft and fleepeft 
parts of the hills; and, while feeding, one of them 
Hands as centinel on the pinnacle of feme rock; but, 
on the approach of any perfon, the animal neighs, 
and the herd takes the alarm, arid runs off with 
incredible fpeed. No dogs are fleet enougli to 
overtake them ; and they can only be deftroyed by 
means of fire-arms. 
As every domeflic animal has had it's origin in 
a wild ftate, it is extremely probable that the Lla- 
ma, and another American animal called the gua- 
naco, are the fame. The Liama is defcribed as the 
largeft of the two animals the Peruvians have ; for, 
except that, they know no other than the congene- 
rous pacos. Two animals fimilar to thofe are found 
wild : the larger, or guanaco, may be fuppofed to 
be a fcivage Llama; and the Icffer, or vicunna, to 
be the pacos in a ftate of nature ; the brief defcrip- 
tions procured of each leaving little room to doubt 
that the difference of colour and hair arifes only 
from culture. 
Cat/tel,, Pacos. This animal is covered with 
long and very fine wool of a dull purple colour, 
and has a white belly; but, in a domeftic ftate, the 
colour varies. It's lhape fomewhat refembles that 
of the llama, but it is confiderably lefs. It is of the 
fime nature with that animal, and inhabits the fame 
places; but is more capable of fupporting the 
rigours of froft and fnow. Thefe creatures herd 
together in vaft numbers ; tliey are very timid, and 
excefTiveiy fwift; and fometimes the guanacos af- 
fociate with them. 
The Indians take the Pacos in a very fingular 
manner. They tie cords, having bits of wool or- 
cloth hanging to them, about three or four feet from 
the ground, acrofs the narrow pafTes of the moun- 
tains, and then drive the animals towards them, 
which are fo terrified by the flutter of the rags, 
that they dare not attempt to pafs, but, huddling 
together, give the hunters an opportunity of killing- 
with their fl ngs as many of them as they pleafe. 
The Pacos yields bezoar ftones ; and Wafer in- 
forms us, that he has taken thirteen out of the fto- 
mach of a finglc animal ; that they were ragged and 
multiform, fome round, fome oval, and others 
long; and that their colour was at firit green, but 
afterwards changed to cinereous. 
CAMELEON. A litde animal of the lizard 
fpecies, having a fnort round incurvated tail, and 
tv/o or three toes ioincd together; whicli has long^ 
amufed the ignorant, and furniilied matter of ipe- 
culation to the philofopher. 
This little animal, like the crocodiles proceeds^ 
from an egg; and alfo nearly refembles that form.i- 
dable creature in it's form, but eflentially differs 
from h in it's ir;agnitude and appetites. It is fel- 
dom above eleven inches in length; and gene- 
rally fits on the branches of trees, being afraid of 
ferpents, f'rom which it is unable to efcape when on 
the ground. The head of a large Camekon is al- 
