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THE CAMELS. 
Among tlie Camelida) or Camels, vve include tlie 
South American animals, which, forming a distinct 
group, take the place of the Camel of the ancients in 
the New World, and in many instances are employed 
for somewhat similar purposes. Tliey are cltarac- 
terized by an unwieldy form, placed high above the 
ground, a long and rather slender neck. The upper 
lip swollen and cleft in the centre, possessing a 
power of motion, and used to feel or examine the 
shrubby food before it is conveyed to the mouth. 
Tliey have canine teeth in both jaws, and on each 
side two additional pointed teeth implanted in the 
incisive bones. The lower incisor teeth are six in 
number, the grinders either eighteen or twenty ; the 
cuboide and scaphoid bones of the tarsus are sepa- 
rate, and they have the three bones of the second 
range of the carpus, which distinguish them from 
all the other ruminants, and exhibits one link of con- 
nexion between this order and the Pachydermata. 
There is one small hoof which is fixed to the last 
phalanx, as in the feet of the Pachydermata, and the 
toes alone are free, being connected beneath by a 
horny sole. The stomach is furnished with cells ca- 
pable of retaining or producing motion. The uvula 
