THE CAMEL’S HUMP. 
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meet with food, the fat of the hump supplies a nutri- 
ment which sustains it for many days without its 
suffering any diminution of vigour or of bulk, except in 
the hump, which gradually decreases, and if the abs- 
tinence last long, will disappear altogether, return- 
ing as soon as other aliment is supplied. 
