106 POPULAR SCRIPTURE ZOOLOGY.

description of his “coming with the clouds of heaven,” by
saying that if the Israelites were good he would come with
the clouds of heaven, but if not good, riding on an ass*.

Tt was long thought that there were no representations of
this animal on the monuments of Egypt, but some have re-
cently been discovered.

Oxvun RUMINANTIA.

Cametvs.—The Camel. (Plate V.)

This is a genus of the ruminating animals without horns,
and possessing three kinds of teeth; the upper lip divided;
the neck long and arched; having either one or two pro-
tuberances on the back; the foot broad, expanded, and
elastic, with two small hoofs or toes, adapting the animal
admirably to travelling in the dry, stony region which it
principally inhabits. Its native country is said to extend
from Mauritania to China.

There are two species, embracing several varieties or
races, differing in size, strength, and swiftness; these are
Camelus Bactrianus, the Camel, and C. Dromedarius, the

* Pictorial Bible.