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they covered with hairy fkins they muft perilh 
with heat. 
On the contrary the place of rhen deer is 
fixed in the coldeft part of Lapland, becaufe 
their chief food is the liverwort , FI. 980. which 
grows no where fo abundantly as there ; and 
where, as the cold is moft intenfe, the rhen deer 
are cloathed, like the other northern animals, 
with Ikins filled with the denfefi: hair; by the 
help of which they eafily defy the keennefs of 
the winter. In like manner the rough-legged 
partridge pafies its life in the very Lapland 
alps, feeding upon the feeds of the dwarf 
birch , and that they may run up and down 
fafely amidft: the fnow, their feet are feathered. 
The camel frequents the fandy, and burning 
defarts, in order to get the barren camel's hay . 
Mat. Med. 31. How wifely has the Creator 
contrived for him! he is obliged to go thro’ the 
defarts, where oftentimes no water is found for 
many miles about. All other animalswould perilh 
with third: in fuch a journey ; but the camel 
can undergo it without differing ; for his belly 
is full of cells, where he referves water for 
many days. It is reported by travellers, that 
the Arabians, when in travelling they want 
water, are forced to kill their camels ; and take 
H y water 
