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THE CAMEL. 
rislies their families ; slippers and harness are made 
of liis skin, and tents and clothing of his hair •* and 
in tliose perilous journeys where even the merchan- 
dise and profits are thought insignificant compared 
with life, the camel is often sacrificed for the sake of 
his supply of water to cool the feverish frame of his 
master. No wonder, then, that the wealth of these 
nations is centred in their herds of camels ; and a 
man’s riches is complete “ when the number of his 
camels is not known.” 
Another remarkable fact in the history of the 
Camels of the Old World, is, that they are not at pre- 
sent found in a naturally wild state, and they thus 
form the only known instance of an entire race of 
aidmals, living and being continued only under the 
care and protection of man ; for although it has been 
said by the natives of eastern countries, that in some 
districts these animals are still found completely at 
large, the information is not of so authentic a cha- 
racter as to warrant our now asserting it. 
We shall illustrate this form by the 
V olney. 
