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Quadrupeds. 
THE BACTIilAN CAMEL. (Camelus Bactrianus.) 
" In silent horror, o'er the boundless waste, 
The driver Hassan with his Camels passed : 
One cruse of water on his back lie bore, 
And his light scrip contained 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 Bactriax Camel is a native of the deserts of Asia, 
and is generally of a brown or ash colour. His height 
is about six feet. He is one of the most useful quadru- 
peds in oriental countries ; his docility and strength, his 
endurance of hunger and thirst, and his swiftness, make 
him a most valuable acquisition to the inhabitants of those 
pesert places. The principal characteristics of the Camel 
