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in affifting the caravans; and as the defarts 
they crofs afford little more than the coarfcfl 
weeds, they prefer them to the chaicefl paf- 
ture. He lives forty or fifty years ; is about fix 
feet and a half high, and has callofities on each 
knee, which greatly eafe him when he kneels 
down to depofit, or take up his load. A 
large camel will carry 1 2 cwt. 
The difference between a camel and a 
dromedary is, that the former has two bunch- 
es on his back, the latter only one. There 
are alfo the Arabian camel, and the Llama 
camel of America. Camel-hair is imported 
in great quantities for the ufe of painting. 
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