. Adventure--travel--exploration. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Zoology. THE GIRAFFE—CAMEL—BUFFALO 193 is so full of trails of animals of all sorts and it is so difficult to tell fresh ones from the old, that hunting is usually dependent on a sight of the animals themselves. The Camel.—This famous and useful animal, familiarly known to Eastern peoples as the "Ship of the Desert," is of incalculable value in crossing the hot sands of Africa, where no other animal can exist. Day after day it can travel on, browsing merely on the dry and withered thorns that are scattered here and the
. Adventure--travel--exploration. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Zoology. THE GIRAFFE—CAMEL—BUFFALO 193 is so full of trails of animals of all sorts and it is so difficult to tell fresh ones from the old, that hunting is usually dependent on a sight of the animals themselves. The Camel.—This famous and useful animal, familiarly known to Eastern peoples as the "Ship of the Desert," is of incalculable value in crossing the hot sands of Africa, where no other animal can exist. Day after day it can travel on, browsing merely on the dry and withered thorns that are scattered here and there, and requiring little other food in order to enable it to perform its labors. And this is. THE CAMEL Peculiarly adapted for travel in the desert owing to a reason so singular and astonishing that it is hard to believe. The fact is, that during its long and painful journey the camel lives principally upon its own hump. Strange and impossible as it appears, this is nothing more than the bare truth; the animal lives upon its own hump. All we can tell is that, as time wears on, the hump gradually wastes away, and, though large and fat when the journey was begun, is little more than mere skin when it is ended. When, once more, the camel can rest from its labors, and obtain #. 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 Unger, Frederic William, 1875- [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, Pa. , G. A. Parker
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