THE DROMEDARY. 
141 
^^ted there, being weaker than the same 
^'^iinal in the East, and its life of shorter 
*^'^i‘ation. In 1810 the stud of dromedaries, 
''^^ich belongs to .the Grand Duke of Tus- 
and is kept at San Rossora, consisted of 
^^out one hundred and seventy males and 
^^ftiales. Of this establishment M. Santi has 
^'^faished a very interesting account. “ The 
^foinedary,” he says, “ has a remarkably small 
slender neck, lean body, almost fleshless 
’'^bs, and jaws and teeth sufficiently strong 
crush thorns and briars, the branches of 
'^^cs, and even the husks of dates. My ob- 
^'^^Vation of the habits and conformation of 
dromedaries has convinced me, that they 
I formed by nature with such a peculiar 
^^^Homy, as to require only the most scanty 
I'^Urishment, and that of the coarsest kind, 
^ support existence. The green and tender 
I ^^9-88 which other cattle eat with such avidity 
I '^sglected by this animal, which on the other 
