. On the Rate of Travelling, as Performed by Camels; And Its Application, as a Scale, to the Purposes of Geography. By James Rennell, Esq. F. R. S. . Fhc7o$.Tran$. Vol. LXXXI. Tah III, p. 144 Sketch of the9UTES acrofs theBJESEM Between Aleppo and v ,. r< < -* -• Travellings as performed by Camels. 145 fhort of the truth* Mr. Carmichael, for inftance, reckonsthe diftance from Aleppo to Bufforah, by the road, at 720Britifh miles, although the dire£t diftance itfelf fcarcely fallsfhort of it* And Mr. Holfords road diftance alfo falls veryfhort. Even Mr, CarmichaelV higheft numbe
. On the Rate of Travelling, as Performed by Camels; And Its Application, as a Scale, to the Purposes of Geography. By James Rennell, Esq. F. R. S. . Fhc7o$.Tran$. Vol. LXXXI. Tah III, p. 144 Sketch of the9UTES acrofs theBJESEM Between Aleppo and v ,. r< < -* -• Travellings as performed by Camels. 145 fhort of the truth* Mr. Carmichael, for inftance, reckonsthe diftance from Aleppo to Bufforah, by the road, at 720Britifh miles, although the dire£t diftance itfelf fcarcely fallsfhort of it* And Mr. Holfords road diftance alfo falls veryfhort. Even Mr, CarmichaelV higheft number of paces,would exceed the mean rate given by the experiment at large,by zjtxtieth part only. As thefe gentlemens experiments differ only §0 fteps, inthe mean number, during the hour (one being 2200, theother 2150), that is, a 44th part, the error muft be lookedfor elfewhere; and it probably originated in their meafuringtoo fmall a number of fteps on the ground to found their cal-culation on. The reafon of this great variation in the number of paces,in a given time, is the plenty or fcarcity of the Defert fhrubs,on which the camels feed, as they go on ; and thus fuch expe-riments become almoft ufelefs, unlefs the quality of the Defertwas defcrib
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