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l^ind legs very briskly at the instant his rider 
in the saddle ; the man is thus thrown for- 
'''ard : a similar movement of the fore legs 
throws him backward. Each motion is re- 
l^^ated ; and it is not till the fourth movement, 
'^ken the camel is fairly on his feet, that the 
^ider can recover his balance. None of us 
'^'^nld resist the first impulse, and thus nobody 
^an laugh at his companions.” Thus too Mr. 
^acfarlane relates that, on his first mounting 
^ camel, he was so unprepared for the effect 
the animal’s rising behind, that he was 
^krown over his head, to the infinite amuse- 
of the Turks. 
THE LLAMA. 
the llama, or guanaco, and its kindred 
species, the alpacos and the vicugna. Nature 
^^cins to have designed to compensate the new 
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