settlement, and Commerce Book !, 
’ might tients, Wiio fcem to have considered it with greater A.t- 
-ame by, was tendon ; and therefore fpeak ot it more accurately than of 
_ joul whom the almoft any other Animal, in this Part of the World h . The 
.ring to hurt him. Camel is cloven-footed, hath a large, fie thy Bunch on his 
. YN bom her Careflcs, BaCK, which is peculiar to the Species, another lefler Bunch 
i.t. t fne lay down at his beet, on the bending, of each Knee, which appears to be of Ufe 
herfelf ; and then taking hold of in fupporting his Body: His Tail is like that of an Afs in 
gently to the Place where her Offspring Shape, but has four Knots in it, like that of the Cow \ 
W which difcovei ing the Caufe of this Change in the ■ This is the Deferiptfon of Ariftotle ; but a Chine fe Writer 
Nature of the Beaft, he defcerided into the Pit, and reached that I have before cited, gives us, in my Judgment a 
up her young ones. When the Whelps were once in much better Picture of a Camel: ? And, therefore, I will 
Safety, they fell to leaping and playing with their Dam, fubmit it to the Reader’s Infoeftion k : 4 This Creature, fays 
who, in Company with her young ones* led their Benefactor 4 he, is a kind of Ship by Land ; for he transports ’ vait 
fafdy out of the Wildernefs k 4 Quantities of Goods from one Country to another, in a 
There are mrny ft range things reported by the Antients, 4 Ihort Space of Time, at final] Coft, fmce he eats feldorn, and 
as to the Amours between the Leopard and the Lionefs. 4 fcarce ever drinks in his Paffage. His Form is lingular 
The latter, they lay, is exceedingly prone to the Company 4 and not fo beautiful as his Qualities are valuable ; form the 
of the former •, and fearing that the Lion fhould detect 4 Neck and Fore-part of him he is made moft like a Sheep ; 
her Infidelity by the ftrong Smell of the Leopard, fne 4 In his Body he refembles a Horfe : His Back and Hind- 
keeps, for fome time, at aDiftancefrom her Confort ; but, 4 limbs are peculiar to his Species ; for fcarce any other 
when fhe finds herfelf pregnant, fhe deferts him intirely, 4 Creature has any Refemb'lance to him therein. Nature 
and reforts to the Haunts of the Leopard ; becaufe, when 4 has furnifKed this Animal with a Palate, to which Thirties, 
the Lion finds her young ones fpotted, he tears the fpu- 4 and fuch-like harlh Food, are moft agreeable ; two Sto- 
rious Breed to- pieces, and chaftifes the Lionefs herfelf fe- 4 machs admirably contrived for Digeftion, and fo lined, 
verely b . In the Travels of Apollonius Tyaneus , we meet 4 as to receive a Quantity of Water fufficient to moiften 
with many Inftances of the Tendernefs of Panthers to their 4 his dry Food for many Days. Befides this, he derives,' 
Young, and of their Gentlenefs and Fidelity. Philoftra- 4 from the fame bounteous Hand, tWo Qualities, that the 
ius informs us, that from their natural Wantonnefs the 4 Sagacity of Man could never reach ; for by his Scent he 
Panthers were held facred to, and Symbols of -Bacchus-, 4 diftinguifhes Springs, how deep foever they lie: And 
but other Authors afcribe this to their Love of Wine, in 4 whoever digs where a Camel ferapes, will never mifs of 
which they differ extremely from other Beafts c . But, 4 finding Water, let the Soil feem ever fo unpromifmg. 
whatever the Caufe might be, the Faft is certain, that they 4 Their fecond' Property is, ferefeeing venomous and 
were held facred to that Divinity ; and that the Chariot of 4 burning Winds, which fly fwiftly, and are mortal in a 
Bacchus is frequently reprefented as drawn by Leopards: But 4 Moment: A little while before they come, the Camels 
as it is fometimes either drawn nor attended by Tygers, I 4 run together, cry, and hide their Nofes in the Earth ; 
am inclined to think, that both were ufed for the fame 4 but as foon as they are ptftt, they lift up their Heads, 
Reafon, viz. to fliew that he was the Conqueror of the 4 and continue their Journey.’ 
Indies , where thefe Creatures naturally refide ; if there was Ariftotle afferts, that they go twelve Months, and never 
not a moral Reafon for this Reprefentation, which might bring forth more than one Foal. Pliny either copies him, 
be intended to fhew, that even the fierceft and moft in- or is of the fame Opinion : But Suidas holds, that they go 
tradtabfe Natures were foftened and civilized by the Charms but ten Months complete, and bring forth in the beginning 
of focial Mirth d . of the eleventh. According to Ariftotle , they are very 
There was an old Law at Rome, which forbad the private in their Copulation, retiring into unfrequented 
bringing any of thefe Species into Italy ; but for what Rea- Shades, and remaining there whole Days; at which Seafons 
fon it was made, or why they were more afraid of thofe they are very furious b At other times they are a very 
than of other wild Creatures, does not appear. However, gentle and traftable Creature, underftand their Drivers per- 
when Cneius Aufidius was Tribune of the People, he pro- fedtiy, and, inftead of a Whip, are quickened in their 
cured a Licence, notwithftanding this Law, to bring over Pace either by a Pipe, or the Driver’s Whiffling. 
Leopards for the Circenfian Games. Scaurus was the firft Indeed all Authors agree, that, next to the Elephant, 
Man, who in his fiEdilelhip exhibited one hundred and fifty they are of all Animals the moft fagacious: They ftoop. 
Leopards. Pompey the Great exceeded this very far ; for like them, to receive their Burdens, and arife as foon as 
he produced four hundred and ten. But, at the Dedication they have their accuftomed Load. But, with all this, they 
of the Temple of Marcellus , Auguftus exhibited to the are very vindictive ; and, if beaten, bear Malice a long 
People four hundred and twenty Leopards, and a tame time ; and, whenever they have an Opportunity, fail not 
Leopard in a Cage, which was never feen before. But of taking Revenge. The Arabians, who are beft acquainted 
the Emperor Claudius produced four tame Leopards at with them, reckon two forts of Camels ; the firft they call 
once e . - Hegen, which are the larger and the ftronger Sort, and 
But this is now thought no extraordinary thing ; for, in will carry a thoufand or twelve hundred Weight, their 
the Indies, they tame even thofe of the largeft and fierceft Backs being almoft flat. The fecond are called Bocheti ; 
Kind, and keep them at their Tables, where they feed as they are left, and cannot carry above half the Weight : 
Freely and as quietly as Dogs k As to the Age to which Thefe have two Lumps upon their Backs. The Indians 
thefe Creatures attain, we meet with nothing certain, either and the Perfians make the fame Diftindtion, tho’ they make 
in old Authors, or in new ; but it is probable, that as in ufe of other Terms ; for they call the ftronger the Northern 
ether refpefts they refemble, fo in their Age they come Camels, becaufe bred, for the moft part, on the Frontiers 
near the Lion, which is not obferved to enjoy a very long o £ Tartayy : The lefler they call Southern Camels. 
Life. Some report, that the Tygers and Leopards mingle ; It is certain, that they will travel four or five Days 
which maybe true in Africa, but fuch Conjunctions are without Water, and fome fay much longer; they go a 
not frequently obferved in the Indies. It may not be amifs pretty round Face, and at the Rate of thirty or forty Miles 
to add, that in hunting with thefe Beafts, when tame, they a-day, which they will continue, if Occafion require, for 
fit on the Crupper of the Huntlfnan’s Horfe, with their thirty or forty Days together. They are a very timorous 
Ey es .covered till the Game is roufed ; and then they are Animal ; fo that if at any time they are furprifed by a Lion,, 
let go k Tyger, Leopard, or other Beaft of Prey, they are de~ 
14. The Camel is, at once, as ufeful and as remarkable voured without making the leaft Reflftance. It is remarked 
a Creature as any that has been yet mentioned ; nor is there of this Creature, as well as of the Elephant, that it taxi-, 
one that makes a greater Figure in the Works of the An- bles the Water before it drinks, and, very probably, for 
8 P'lih . 'Nat. Hip. lib viii. c. 17. b Phi'oft lib. ii. p. 73. c Idem. Icon . lib. i. ». 19. d P terms Hiero, lib. xi. fol. 34. 
« Plm. Hat.. Hill. lib. viii. c. 17. f Voiage de P. Vanden Broek,- p. 456. s Thevenot, Voiagg des Indes, (ib.i. c. 5. p. 3 2. Edit, in 
4 t,o, -6S4. b Ariftot. Hift. Anim. lib: v. Pliny, lib. viii. c. 18. Poly an .Stratagem, lib. \ ii. ' •* Ariftot. Hift, Antm. lib. v. • 
fc MS. Account of China before cited. 1 Art ft . Hft. Anim , lib. v. c. 14. 
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