Scribner's magazine . the condi- Indian Bullock and Water-Carrier. camel is an even more striking instancein which the value of the creature de-pends upon climatal peculiarities. Itis pecuharly fitted, by its ancestraltraining and development, for the useof men who dwell in arid the olden days of the later Tertiaryepoch, creatures akin to the camelsappear to have been widely distributed,and were probably adapted to consider- 88 BEASTS OF BURDEN. toughing in 5/ a able variations of environment. With-in the time of which we know some-thing by histoiy, these foiTas have beenHmited to
Scribner's magazine . the condi- Indian Bullock and Water-Carrier. camel is an even more striking instancein which the value of the creature de-pends upon climatal peculiarities. Itis pecuharly fitted, by its ancestraltraining and development, for the useof men who dwell in arid the olden days of the later Tertiaryepoch, creatures akin to the camelsappear to have been widely distributed,and were probably adapted to consider- 88 BEASTS OF BURDEN. toughing in 5/ a able variations of environment. With-in the time of which we know some-thing by histoiy, these foiTas have beenHmited to the arid districts of south-western Asia and northern Afiica. Itis not certain that we know the origin-ally ^\ild form of either of the twospecies, the double-humped or single-humped camels. Wild members ofeach exist, but they may be the de-scendants of the domesticated seems probable that long before the building of the Pyramidsthe people of the desertshad learned how to profitfrom the veiy pecuHar qual-ities of this strangely pro-vided beast, which in severaldistinct ways is singularlyfitted to serve the needs ofman in arid lands. Thelarge and well-padded footof tliis creature is well adapt-ed for treading a sui-face un-softened by vegetation. ItspecuHar stomach enablesit to store water in sucha manner that it can go fordays without drink. In thehumps upon its back, as in natural pack-saddles, it may hai^est a share of the nu-triment whic
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