THE CAMEL. ( Camelus Bactrianus.) 
In silent horror, o'er the boundless waste, 
The driver Hassan with his Camels pass'd : 
One cruise of water on his back he bore, 
And his light scrip contain'd a scanty store : 
A fan of painted feathers in his hand, 
To guard his shaded face from scorching sand ; 
The sultry sun had gained the middle sky, 
And not a tree, and not a herb was nigh : 
The beasts with pain, their dusty way pursue, 
Shrill roar'd the winds, and dreary was the view ! 
COLLINS. 
THE Bactrian Camel is a native of Asia, and is generally of 
a brown or ash colour. His height is about six feet. He is 
