THE CAMEL. 107

Dromedary. The first-mentioned, having two humps, is
found from Turkistan, the ancient Bactria, to China, that
is, in the north of the region named; it is larger than the
dromedary ; the limbs not so long in proportion ; the muz-
ale larger; the hair of a darker brown; and the movement
usually slower. The Arabian, or single-humped camel, C.
Dromedarius, i3 a native of the southern part of the district ;
its general height is about six feet and a half to the top of
the hump, and to the top of the head, when elevated, rather
less than nine ; the head, however, is usually carried much
lower, as the camel bends its neck considerably.

It is very probable that the camel has long since ceased
to exist in a wild state, as it seems to have been. subdued
by man from the earliest times. Great numbers are raised
in the East, and employed in the trade carried on in the
vicinity of the great deserts; there the camel is inded in-
_ Valuable, for where water is scarce it would be impossible
to use any other beasts of burden. The camel can abstain
from drinking for several days without injury, owing to the
possession of a cavity in the stomach, destined to receive,
and retain unchanged, the necessary supply. Besides this
reservoir of water for the prevention of thirst, the humps
of the camel afford it nutriment when food cannot be