THE CAMEL. 
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tion. The ordinary burden of each camel 
about four hundred weight; but very larg^ 
and strong animals can carry about twice aS 
much. Under this load they travel on 
average about eighteen miles a day ; bein^ 
unloaded at night and suffered to feed 
liberty. 
In Asia, we are informed by Mr. Maclat' 
lane, “ the caravans or strings of camels 
always headed by a little ass, on which tb® 
driver sometimes rides. The ass has a tin^' 
ling bell round his neck, and each camel i* 
commonly furnished with a large rude bell, tha^ 
produces, however, a soft and pastoral soun<^> 
suspended to the front of the pack or saddl^' 
They will all come to a dead stop if the®^ 
bells be removed by accident or design. ^ ^ 
tried the experiment. Two stately cam®^®' 
the foremost furnished with the bell, 
trudging along the road with measured step* ' 
we detached the bell with a long stick ; 
