mammalia. PEGORA/ Cumelus- 105 
ORDER V. PECORA. 
foi c-tecth iippef o, lozver 6 or 8, remote frorrt 
gTinders : feet hoof ed: teats inguinal. 
1 hefe animals have four ftomachs, al5;ea(ly deferibed in the intro- 
< u tion ; are hoofed, and have the hoofs'di vided in the middle ; 
^'1 , except the camclj have 2 falic hoofs vehich in walking 
' /I'r*' ground. Such as hive horns have notulks ; 
^*ve tulks have no horns; they chew the cudj 
Tl- 4 7 frequently in the flomach a ball formed of the hair 
from their bodies ; when in a recumbent poflure they 
nie on the hind-legs fiift, and hive fiict inflead of ^t. 
3 l’ CAMELUS. Horns o'i fore-teeth lo'we.v 
6, fpathiforra : tu/hs diflant, upper 3, 
lower 2 : ujfer lip cleft. 
. on the back fingte, Arallan Camel. 
nhabits die temperate delerts of Arabia, Afia and Africa, is 
. ^n’^ftreated in all the eaft, Jamaica and Barbadoes j is fuh- 
jeft to numerous varieties in lizc and colour ; mild and gentle 
unlefs flung by flies : wonderfully ufeful for Conveying heavy 
burthens over the dry Tandy dcierts; will carry 1200 pounds 
weight ; motres flow, will not exceed its accuftomed pace, 
tior carry beyond its ufual weight ; patient of hunger, will 
travel many days without water, content with the thorny 
fhrubs found in the wilderncls which have been rejefled by 
othtjr animals ; kneels dorvn to be loaded or unloaded at the 
command of its keeper; hair valuable ; flefh and milk eaten 
^ by the Arabians ; 6i feet high. 
.lair loft, tawny-grey, longer on the neck and bunch ; head 
Iniall; ears fliort; mouth and gums covered with a cartilage; 
rteck long, flendcr, curved ; feet bifid ; callojities on the fore- 
hgs 4, hind-legs 2, breaft 1, on which it refts when lying of 
kneeling; tail fhorter than the legs, hairy; Jecond Jtomach 
Celkilar, for the pufpofe of keeping water a! long time in the 
drydeims. ^ ^ ^ 
2- Much fmaller, fwifter. 
Bunches on the back 2. BaBrlan Gameh 
India and defertS near China^ rarer than the 
jaft, chiefly ufed by great men ; larger, fwifter ; hind bunch 
larger; is poifoned by box-wood ; gravid a year, brings one 
young, which fuckles 2 years, and is full grown the third. 
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