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^He camel and the dromedary. 
The natural locality of the camel is an arid 
thirsty region, atfording little vegetable 
and that little of the coarsest kind, 
^hat region comprehends Arabia, Persia, 
^^uthern Tartary, and parts of India, and 
whole of Northern Africa, from Egypt to 
^orocco, and from the Mediterranean Sea to 
river Senegal ; and here he has formed 
most valuable property of the inhabitants 
since the days of the patriarchs. We 
only acquainted with the domesticated 
^^'tiel, but the natives of Central Africa main- 
tai: 
tai 
that it is to be found wild in the moun- 
^ **^8 to which Europeans have not yet pene- 
^’^^ted ; but it is probable that these state- 
^hts refer to straggling individuals which 
Wandered from the control of man. 
