574 The HiJJory of ANIMALS, 
M’s own purpofes, as well as thofe of mankind who emplov it ; and there is a feventSi 
tw'othkk* 11 ™ tha “ th ° & ° n thC breaft 5 thiS “ e ' SlU ,inCheS l0ns > fix broad > an * d 
The dromedary is a native of many parts of the Eaft, but it is left frequent than 
the camel : it is fwifter than that creature, but lefs ftrong, and is ufed for riding on 
more than for carrying heavy loads. ■' r o s 
Camelus tophis dorfi duohus . 
The Camelus 3 with two bunches on the back . 
%\)t Bacttfeit 
Camel. 
There has been great confufion of names between this and the former fpecies. As 
molt of the more accurate writers have called tfys the camel, and that the dro¬ 
medary, there have been many who have called that the camel• and, when we apply 
the term dromedary to exprefs a creature that moves flowly, we feem to have under- 
ilood this fpecies of the camelus originally by that name. The vulgar feem to con¬ 
tinue their opinions j but .the more accurate all ufe the words in this fenfe, in which 
they ftand here. 
The camel is larger than the dromedary, and, when it holds up it’s head, is indeed 
of an immoderate fize, in regard to height: the head is fmall and Ihort 3 the fnout 
is obtule, and the upper lip is fplit or divided in the manner of that of a hare : the 
eyes are not large, but they hand in a bold and prominent manner 3 the ears are fhort, 
and the upper part of the head is fomewhat depreffed : the neck is very long and {len¬ 
der, though not fo much fo as in the dromedary 3 it is of a figure approaching to 
rounded, but fomewhat flatted : the bread: is broad ; the body is rounded and bulky, 
and on the top of the back there ftand two large bunches or protuberances, which feem 
as if formed by nature for the fixing of burthens: the legs are robuft, but flender, and 
confiderably long, and the feet are broad and tender, and divided juft in the manner 
of thofe of the dromedary: the tail is fomewhat fhorter than in that fpecies 3 from 
the bafe to the extream hairs it is not more than two feet in length. 
The covering of the whole body is a foft and fine fur 3 the hairs are fhorter than 
thofe of our ox-kind, and greatly fofter to the touch : thofe on the head, at the 
throat, and on the top of the neck, are much longer than the others, and the longed: 
of all grow about the bunches on the back : there are fome in that part which °are 
nearly a foot in length, and they dill are foft and flexible, not rigid and harfh, as thofe 
of the mane and tail of the horfe. 
The camel is a native of many parts of Afia, particularly of Badria, the name of 
which country makes a general part of it’s denomination. It is of great ufe in the 
Eaft in carrying burthens. Almoft all the writers on this fubjed have defcribed it 
under the name of Camelus and Badrianus. 
Camelus dorfo Icevi , peElore gibbofo. 
■ The Camelus , with the back even , and the breaft gibbofe. 
This is an extreamly Angular animal 3 it has been fuppofed by moft a fpecies of 
fheep, though very abfurdly 3 it is truly a camel, though in many refpeds different 
from the two generally known fpecies juft defcribed; it is about four feet in height 
from the ground to the top of the back, but if meafured to the head, when that is 
held ered, it is greatly taller: the length of the creature, from the head to the rump, 
is about fix feet: the head is finally the roftrum is obtufe, and the upper lip is divided 
in the manner of that of the hare, or exadly as in the common camel: the eyes are 
large and protuberant, and the ears are fhort 3 the neck is very remarkably long, even 
for an animal of the camel-kind : the breaft is broad, and has on it’s middle, a very 
large protuberance or bunch, exadly refembling that of the camel’s back ; there is 
continually a kind of fluid fecreted from this part: the back is rounded, and the bo¬ 
dy tolerably flefhy : the tail is fhort 3 the legs are moderately long: the whole body is 
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