. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. KUMINANTS. 501 without drinking; and if during this space of time his food has been still more scanty than his sober habits demand, or the few dates, beans, or cakes usually in store for him are exhausted, the fat which com- poses almost the whole of the hump or humps upon his back serves as an extra supply of nutriment: the humps become reduced in size ; their substance reabsorbed, is taken into the general circula- tion, and supports him to the end of his jom-ney, or until he sinks under privations which no other animal diift
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. KUMINANTS. 501 without drinking; and if during this space of time his food has been still more scanty than his sober habits demand, or the few dates, beans, or cakes usually in store for him are exhausted, the fat which com- poses almost the whole of the hump or humps upon his back serves as an extra supply of nutriment: the humps become reduced in size ; their substance reabsorbed, is taken into the general circula- tion, and supports him to the end of his jom-ney, or until he sinks under privations which no other animal diifterently constituted could have borne for half the period. To the wild Arab of the Desert, the Camel is all that his necessities require; he feeds on the flesh, drinks the milk, makes clothes and tents of the hair; sandals, saddles, and buckets of the hide ; he conveys himself and family on his back; makes a pillow of his side, and resorts to him for shelter against the whirlwind of sand. Couched in a circle around him, his Camels form a fence, and in battle an entrenchment, behind which his family and his property are obstinately, and often success- fully, defended. The Llamas (Atichenia*) are the representatives of the Camels in the New World, but possess neither their strength nor size. Their proportions are lighter; they i'^^. Fig. 428.—llama. have no humps; and their toes not being joined, are sufRciently moveable to enable them to climb rocks with * <^vxT]v, auchen, tlie throat;—so called from their pendulous Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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