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animal is not now to be found in a state of nature ; 
that the humps on its back, the callosities upon its 
breast and its legs, and even the great reservoir 
for water, are all marks of long servitude, and do- 
mestic constraint. The deformities he supposes 
to he perpetuated by generation ; and what at 
first was accident, at last becomes nature. How- 
ever this be, the humps upon the back grow large 
in proportion as the an mi a 1 is well fed, and if ex- 
amined, they will be found composed of a substance 
not unlike the udder of a cow. 
They have a very great share of intelligence ; 
and the Arabs assert that they are so extremely 
sensible of injustice and ill treatment, that when 
this is carried too far, the inflictor will not find it 
easy to escape their vengeance ; and that they will 
retain the remembrance of an injury till an oppor- 
tunity offers for gratifying their revenge. Eager, 
however, to express their resentment, they no longer 
retain any rancour, when once they are satisTied ; 
and it is even sufficient for them to believe they 
have satisfied their vengeance. Accordingly, when 
an Arab has excited the rage of a camel, he throws 
down his garments in some place near which the 
animal is to pass, and disposes them in such a man- 
ner that they appear to cover a man sleeping under 
them. The animal recognizes the clothes, seizes 
them in his teeth, shakes them with violence, and 
tramples on them in a rage. When his anger is 
appeased, he leaves them, and then the owner of the 
garments may make his appearance without any 
fear, load, and guide him as he pleases. 
The mode in which loaded camels were made 
to cross the Nile, attracted the particular attention 
of Mr. Norden, as extremely singular. A mao, 
he says, swam before, with the bridle of the first 
camel in his mouth ; the second camel was tied to 
the tail of the first, and a third to the tail of the 
