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row arms of the sea. Their senses of 
smelling and hearing are extremely 
acute ; and it has been observed, that 
they are more cautious when in flocks^ 
than when living in a solitary manner. 
The camel is not more useful to the 
Arabians, than the rein-deer is to the 
Laplanders, and northen Asiatics; it, in 
fact, constitutes their whole riches ; and 
on this valuable animal they may be said 
entirely to depend. An attention to 
rearing and preserving them, forms the 
sole business of their lives, and to that 
alone their agricultural economy is con¬ 
fined. 
The rein-deer forms their riches. These, their tents. 
Their robes, their beds, and ail their homely wealth. 
Supply their wholesome fare, and chearful cups: 
Obsequious at their call, the docile tribe 
Yield to the sled their necks, and whirl them swift 
O'er hill and dale, heap’d into one expanse 
Of marbled snow, as far as eye can sweep. 
With a blue crust of ice unbounded glaz’d. 
The Cards lagopus, or Arctic fox, is 
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